Example sentences for: petit

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

  • The same author is noteworthy for his Petit Dictionnaire de Style (1911) which offers German speakers an open sesame to authentic French.

  • 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.

  • Let me examine five dictionaries with names in them: Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (1983) [W9] 1983; Random House Webster's College Dictionary (1991) [ RHWCD ]; The American Heritage Dictionary, 3rd edition (1992) [ AHD 3]; Collins English Dictionary, 3rd edition (1991) [ CED 3]; and, for good measure, an ancient Nouveau Petit Larousse Illustré (1958) [ PL ].

  • Stroll through the gardens, have lunch beside the Grand Canal (a packed lunch allows you to avoid Versailles’ tourist traps), and take tea in the grounds of the Petit Trianon.

  • The Second Republic ended four years later when the man whom Victor Hugo called “Napoléon le Petit” staged a coup to become Emperor Napoleon III.


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