Example sentences for: coeur

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

  • Twenty-five years ago, the French scholar René Etiemble launched his now classic Parlez-vous franglais ? It was the cri de coeur of a single-minded patriot beset by the idea that the purity of his mother tongue was being corrupted by the Anglo-maniac leanings of his countrymen.

  • Others have entered English through French ( Bois Brûlé, Coeur d'Alêne, Gros Ventre, Huron, Loucheux, Nez Percé, Pend d'Oreille ) and Spanish (Guapo, Laguna, Manso, Orejón, Seminole, Tonto) .

  • This depressing fact has already prompted a welcome cri de coeur from Slate contributor Michael Hirschorn in the newest Brill's Content , where he points out how odd it is that in the wasteland that is the upper reaches of the cable box, there's no room for true international stars like David Beckham, Ronaldo, or Davor Suker.

  • Three years later, however, Steunenberg approved the deployment of black troops and the use of preventive detention "bull pens" to squelch labor unrest in the Coeur d'Alenes mining camps.

  • It was her final cri de coeur.


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