Ouessant
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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On the tiny western isle of Ouessant, off the tip of Brittany, about 100 demonstrators gathered outside the office of Mayor Denis Palluel and marched on Tuesday morning, he said.
From Washington Times • Jan. 31, 2023
We will call them," he said, "only by their Christian names, which are Lucien and Jeanne.…I am to marry them next month, when Lucien gets his relief from the lighthouse on Ile Ouessant.
From News from the Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
The Celtic, 171-172; Fairyland identified with, 327 Ouessant.
From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Spence, Lewis
On the 19th, at 7 o'clock in the evening we reckoned that we were off Ouessant.
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)
And La Vieuville added:— "I was with him at Ouessant."
From Great Sea Stories by French, Joseph Lewis
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