Example sentences for: etiemble

How can you use “etiemble” 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.

  • As in Etiemble's days, they say smoking for `dinner jacket' and slip for `underpants.

  • Etiemble would probably have warmed more readily to entires which in no way derive from an English model, like logiciel for `software,' axénique (`without foreign matter') for `germfree,' or suramplificateur for `booster.

  • However, Etiemble's appeal caught on with the powers that were.

  • All this seems a far cry from the uncompromising overhaul Etiemble must have hoped for.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast