sacre
Americaninterjection
Example Sentences
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Helping him birth this baby is -- sacre bleu! -- another familiar name with a French-bistro background: Scott Emerick, former owner/chef of Cremant, late of Madrona.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2010
I don't know whether Stravinsky said that line about the door, but he did say this: "I am the vessel through which Le sacre du printemps passed."
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2010
Margot is a monstre sacre, and Hunt plays her to the hilt.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2010
It would be a pity that he should visit Paris as any sacre British Philistine does.
From The History of David Grieve by Mrs. Humphry Ward
"He is always on that subject; and, /sacre bleu/! when he was younger, I am told he was like Cacus, the son of Vulcan, and breathed nothing but flames."
From Devereux — Volume 04 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
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