St. Quentin

American  

[seynt kwen-tn, san kahn-tan] / ˌseɪnt ˈkwɛn tn, sɛ̃ kɑ̃ˈtɛ̃ /

noun

1. a city in N France, on the Somme: retaken from the Germans 1918.

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Example Sentences

Do not look expectantly at Péronne and St. Quentin and demand a daily sensation.

From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2018

The great high road which drives straight at Péronne was as firm and smooth as in the days we travelled it to the old British trenches at St. Quentin.

From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2018

Each of them represents 40 men, a practical concession made so the gaming action doesn’t spill onto the floor and into the kitchen: Some 70,000 people collided at the real St. Quentin.

From Washington Post

Of the couple's nine children, three live with Loret in St. Quentin, a French town north of Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

We passed through Cambrai, and a halt was called at St. Quentin.

From Lest We Forget World War Stories by Bigwood, Inez