perdue
- a variation of perdu.
Example Sentences
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Besides a tragedy, Sylla, the chief piece thus assigned is L’Occasion perdue recouverte, a rather loose tale in verse.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
Beaks are always after him, and he is often taken up early in the morning while lying perdue in the moist meadow grass.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 by Various
It had been reported that Madame de Staël had said of Maria's writings "que Miss Edgeworth était digne de l'enthousiasme, mais qu'elle s'est perdue dans la triste utilité."
From The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 by Hare, Augustus J. C.
Not a thought but to lie perdue under my mosquito-curtains until the sun went down.”
From Pink Gods and Blue Demons by Stockley, Cynthia
Read and Dalton likewise conclude that "this cere perdue process is that by which many of the finest Italian bronzes of the best period were produced."
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 by Various
