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sacre

American  
[sakruh] / ˈsakrə /

interjection

  1. French. holy (used in various mild oaths).


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

Mirum quoque est quod narro, sed ueritate facti euidentissimum; capita corporibus coaptauit, ut illos uirtute sacre orationis ad uitam reuocauit, immo quod uerius est, reuocari meruit.

From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by MacAlister, R.A. Stewart

Bambi: Memorie sacre della cappella di Sancta Sanctorum.

From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo