peu à peu
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Nommer un objet," said Mallarmé, "c'est supprimer les trois quarts de la jouissance du poème qui est faite du bonheur de deviner peu à peu.
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Many and various were the difficulties that he had had with animals during his career, but never before such trifles that built peu à peu—into mountains.
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Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound fortifiera ces ligaments, l'inflammation disparaîtra et peu à peu l'organe sera remis dans sa condition normale.
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Ma mère se remet peu à peu de la terrible secousse qu'elle a éprouvée, et me charge ainsi que le Prince de leurs félicitations pour le jour de l'an.
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Peu à peu l'homme intellectuel finit par effacer l'homme physique.—Quetelet,
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