lingua

Example Sentences

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Afterward, she suggests going to Lingua Franca, a restaurant situated along the river.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

He was later a contributing editor at Lingua Franca, a now-defunct publication about academic life, among other jobs.

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2022

While checking the translation against the original, I made the happy discovery that my Italian seems to have improved during the three years that I carried around “La Lingua Geniale.”

From The New Yorker • Jan. 2, 2020

Time has only burnished the reputations of Oregon Pinot pioneers St. Innocent, Brick House and Domaine Drouhin, while newer wineries such as Lingua Franca, Nicolas-Jay and Lachini Vineyards make use of Burgundian talent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 13, 2018

The science of grammar and etymology was in this stage of progress and in this degree of repute at the time when Varro wrote his celebrated treatise De Lingua Latina.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John