Example sentences for: côte

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

  • The Côte d’Azur and Corsica both have a distinctly Italian flavor, and the people on the northern slopes of the Pyrénées are not so very different from their Spanish cousins to the south.

  • As frustrating as this might be, it does have one advantage of providing plenty of ammunition for games of oneupmanship ! Personally, I like to keep my friends and associates properly informed and up to date and do not hesitate to correct them when they refer to, for instance, “Ivory Coast” (it is now PC to say Côte d'Ivoire, even in English), or “Burma” (which is, of course, Myanmar, capital city Yangon, not “Rangoon”).

  • Côte de Charlevoix

  • To make a long story short, I am convinced that the PC-ness of Côte d'Ivoire arises out of President Houphouet-Boigny's desire to be seen as the leader of a linguistically and culturally French nation.

  • In the case of Côte d'Ivoire and Myanmar, well read individuals and others who pride themselves on being up to date and informed (and therefore especially susceptible to “PC-itis”) will use the new terms, but with a certain amount of distaste.


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