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
I passed with a Parisian-lilted bonjour and he said bonjour back with the Chadian “r” that rolls off the tongue.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 14, 2018
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
Not wearing black was a massive trend: Cate Blanchett and Jennifer Lawrence, bonjour!
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2014
The only word I knew in French was bonjour, which did me no good.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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