affaire de coeur
Example Sentences
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In this last he gave free rein to the morbid imaginations to which his unhappy affaire de coeur and the mental excitement of the period predisposed P. 63him.
From The Life of John Ruskin by W. G. (William Gershom) Collingwood
I don't think, in the first case, that this was an affaire de coeur, as the Frenchmen say.
From The Drone A Play in Three Acts by Rutherford Mayne
No adequate reason could be guessed at for such eccentricity, not even the excuse of an affaire de coeur, which would go further in the minds of Frenchmen than any other justification of capricious courses.
From Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens by George T. (George Titus) Ferris
"May one call it an affaire de coeur?" asked Vassili, with his grim smile.
From The Sowers by Henry Seton Merriman
His affaire de coeur with the Senator's daughter was progressing more smoothly than ever, and nothing now seemed likely to interfere with his carefully prepared plans to capture an American heiress.
From The Lion and the Mouse; a Story of an American Life by Charles Klein
