Example sentences for: petit

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • benthos Neither an English social philosopher nor a petit bourgeois weepy feeling, but the bottom of the sea and by extension its flora and fauna.

  • 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 Petit Trianon, favored by Louis XV, and the marvelous Hameau (little village) and miniature farm where Marie-Antoinette, queen of Louis XVI, famously played at the simple life are also worth a visit.


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