Staël
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Some elite women, such as the French philosophers Émilie du Châtelet and Germaine de Staël, assumed leadership roles in the era’s vibrant intellectual debates and gained recognition for their contributions.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
His televised presidential press conferences became media works of art as he deftly answered complex questions, handled reporters with aplomb and laced his responses with wit, quoting literary figures like the Frenchwoman Madame de Staël.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2017
But she got to Washington, impressed Letitia Baldrige, the first lady’s social secretary, and wrote a school newspaper article that made Ms. Baldrige mindful of Clare Boothe Luce and Madame de Staël.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2012
Van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse, Emil Nolde and Nicolas de Staël had all been deeply admired by Hoyland from early in his artistic life.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2011
"Madame la Baronne de Staël Holstein has asked for an audience, and I even suspect she may be already arrived at the Tuileries."
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various
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