Example sentences for: au

How can you use “au” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I once heard a Frenchman in Madrid tell a couple of Spanish shop clerks a joke that illustrates the difference between adieu `goodbye' and au revoir : At the Rio de Janeiro airport the planes of various countries were taking off one after another, and the terminal was crowded with passengers and with friends and relatives seeing loved ones off.

  • On the other hand, the V, au -sound, and x in Vauxhall are satisfactorily represented by the VOKS sequence so that the etymology given by Bryson appears to be preferable.

  • Au contraire , the unhappy consensus was that it was avaricious, monopolistic, loyal only to the bottom line.

  • Vibreur sonore for `buzzer,' tireur isolé (`lone rifleman') for `sniper,' and mitraillage au sol (`machinegunning towards the ground') for `strafing' are of course correct, but they sound like punctilious definitions rather than handy appellations.

  • “But, à propos, I thought I was your raison d'être, ever since you saw me au naturel.


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