Example sentences for: petit

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

  • Her fiancé, François, a petit bourgeois in behavior, though considering himself the crème de la créme, is aide-de-camp to a general and has the rank of lieutenant, fancies himself as a raconteur and littérateur (having published a pastiche of vers libres and a catalogue raisonné of the works of Oliver North, which was hailed as a chef d'oeuvre), though his ambition is to be a Grand Prix driver.

  • For most Italians, particularly the peasant, worker, and petit bourgeois, war in uniform was their first real experience of Italian nationality.

  • As the old moguls came from petit bourgeois immigrant families, so do the Weinsteins.

  • The château is open Tuesday–Sunday 9am–6:30pm (winter 5:30pm); the Grand and Petit Trianon Tuesday–Sunday 10am–6:30pm (Tuesday–Friday 10am–12:30pm and 2–5:30pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am–5:30pm in winter); the gardens Tuesday–Sunday 7am to sunset.

  • For the vulgar meanings of a couple of the words in the last contrepèteries, something like Le Petit Robert: Dictionnaire de la Langue Francaise will be needed.


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