bonjour

Example Sentences

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He could have whispered a simple bonjour through the door in his distinctive gravel.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2022

She greeted me with warm eyes and a soft bonjour, her long gray hair pulled back behind her head.

From The Verge • Feb. 13, 2015

But in France, bonjour means much more than that.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2014

On Twitter recently, he volunteered the three things that annoy him most about France: "People saying bonjour, grown men trying to kiss you to say hello and bum bags."

From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2012

He greets a night guard, then a warder, always the same two words repeated back: Bonjour, bonjour.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr