Example sentences for: brothel

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

  • The most respected mechanic in the village of St. Martin d'Ardèche, not far from where I live, is called Monsieur Salaud . And in another nearby village the job of mayor is held down by the amiable Madame Bordel . Perfectly ordinary-sounding French names--with the sole drawback that salaud means `bastard' and bordel means `brothel'; and all over France these unfortunates have for company the bearers of such names as Lacrotte `turd,' Vachier `piss off,' Connard `bloody fool,' and Putin `whore'-- not to mention such real unprintables like Baize and Ducon .

  • The Serbo-Croatians, for instance, picked up the English word nylon , but took it to mean a kind of shabby and disreputable variation, so that a nylon hotel is a `brothel' while a nylon beach is where nudists frolic.

  • Unfortunately, as the number of nuns declined, the convent was forced to close, and the building, decaying year by year, played host to the best and busiest brothel in the city.

  • Undistracted in this brothel of platonic indulgence, I went to the men's department and found another salesclerk.

  • A bedroom suite has been named in his honor at a Nevada brothel he once frequented.


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