Pointe Claire

[ point -klair; French pwant -kler ]

/ ˌpɔɪnt ˈklɛər; French pwɛ̃t ˈklɛr /

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noun

a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.

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Words nearby Pointe Claire

point-device, point duty, pointe, Pointe-à-Pitre, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Pointe Claire, pointed, pointed arch, pointedly, pointed wart, pointel

How to use Pointe Claire in a sentence

Tamara Loertscher went to the Eau Claire Mayo Clinic in early August when she thought she was pregnant.
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Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), a leading voice on police demilitarization, was supportive of the White House announcement.
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At an important Ebola meeting on Capital Hill last week, Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill was shocked to find it half-full.
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Recently, Claire Conrad, 36, found herself trussed up in stirrups—and not in a fun way.
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We next visited the convent of St. Claire, where Petrarch first beheld his mistress.
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Sister Claire had passed from his mind with all the minor episodes of his political intrigues.
The Art of Disappearing|John Talbot Smith
After this word from her father, Claire sat in startled silence for a few minutes, then took it to her room.
Interrupted|Pansy
But never mind this; give me a garden, and absentia Claire, and I will thank my love for many favours.
The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2)|Florence A. Thomas Marshall
In the sitting-room opposite stood Claire's younger sister, Dora Benedict.
Interrupted|Pansy