Example sentences for: triomphe

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

  • The summer meetings at Longchamp (venue of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe), Auteuil, and Chantilly are as elegant as Britain’s Ascot.

  • But the statue misses, and the ball sails over the Atlantic, past a curious Big Ben and the Arc de Triomphe.

  • The Arc de Triomphe was conceived by Napoléon I as a tribute to his armies, and bears the names of hundreds of his marshals and generals, and dozens of victories.

  • Built with remarkable speed (Danish architect Johann-Otto von Sprekelsen won the contest in 1983 and it was ready for the bicentennial of the French Revolution in 1989), the Grande Arche stands on an axis with the Arc de Triomphe and the Cour Carrée of the Louvre.

  • When Adolf Hitler arrived in Paris as a conqueror in 1940, the Arc de Triomphe was the first place he wanted to see.


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