malgré lui
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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He is one of the personages in political life who excite the sympathy of Lord Rosebery, inasmuch as he must be a peer malgré lui.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Newnes, George
I am quite aware that the theory of the spiritualists makes of many a conjurer a medium malgré lui, and says he ought to come out in his true colours.
From Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis by Davies, Charles Maurice
In 1858 he made his first essay in opera comique, and produced "Le Médecin malgré lui," which met with remarkable success.
From The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
The other night, when Hamley's Motion on behalf of Volunteers was, malgré lui, carried against the Government, you'd have thought, to look on Treasury Bench, that some good news had suddenly flashed upon them.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 29, 1890 by Various
In reality it was hardly more than the withdrawal from public business of a tired statesman malgré lui who had persistently sought to be relieved of his charge ever since his first appointment.
From England and Germany by Hughes, William Morris
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