marquis

Example Sentences

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The Marquis de Condorcet and Jacques Pierre Brissot were Girondins who lost their lives in the Terror before the abolition of slavery, for which they had long campaigned.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

He joins us at the swanky Sunset Marquis hotel in West Hollywood where rock stars have gathered for decades in a luxury oasis behind the Sunset Strip.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Marquis, who graduated from the Diploma in Speech and Drama in 1955, went on to become one of the most recognised faces on Scottish television, as a news anchor for BBC Scotland.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

I can still remember the subtle innovations of Mr. McCraven’s percussion and how it drove the band, the Marquis Hill Blacktet, in unique directions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

She has a little two-year-old baby named Jhery Marquis Jones, who we all call Muckie.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones