pensée
Americannoun
plural
penséesExample Sentences
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Such a pensée fits with the French moralist tradition of Montaigne, Pascal and La Rochefoucauld, yet Baudelaire always regarded Edgar Allan Poe, whom he translated, as his spiritual brother.
From Washington Post • May 11, 2022
Danny’s latest pensée is easily as amusing as his rumination on the 11th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center.
From The Guardian • Jun. 29, 2018
J’ai une pensée pour sa famille, ses proches et ses millions de fans qui l'adorent.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2017
No spite and no arrière pensée in Lady Bertram's remarks.
From The Guardian • Apr. 2, 2010
It loved Camilla, and followed her everywhere: Henry quoted long passages about Emma Bovary and her greyhound: “Sa pensée, sans but d’abord, vagabondait au hasard, comme sa levrette, qui faisait des cercles dans la campagne....”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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