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
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 Literature
J’ai une pensée pour nos concitoyens qui luttent en ce moment contre ce virus.
From The Guardian
Not only does Brady manage sparkling English-language renderings of Haneke’s icy existential pensée, but reportedly he also delivers his translations in a light Austrian accent.
From The Guardian
Pensée pour tous les catholiques et pour tous les Français.
From The Guardian
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