Example sentences for: québécois

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

  • To cope with the rival claims of Loyalists and Québécois, the Constitutional Act of 1791 divided the colony into Upper Canada (Ontario) and Lower Canada (Québec), separated by the Ottawa River.

  • In a town where every monument seems like a political statement, rue Wolfe leads to one on the spot where General Wolfe was mortally wounded, while anonymous Québécois patriots have responded with a statue of Joan of Arc, off the Avenue George VI.

  • Fur-trading coureurs de bois settled down with Indian wives, and today more than a few Québécois proudly trace their ancestry back to native peoples with a tell-tale birthmark on the hip, high cheekbones, or long sleek black hair.

  • In 1969, Québécois separatists staged violent but unsuccessful demonstrations to have it transformed into a French-speaking institution.

  • The Québécois were less enthusiastic.


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