affaire de coeur
Example Sentences
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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 Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
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 Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)
And amongst those who fought for the faith an affaire de coeur with a pretty pagan was held to be a sin as deadly as heresy or magic.
From First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
It is a delicate matter, entre nous, une affaire de coeur.
From The History of Pendennis by Thackeray, William Makepeace
"May one call it an affaire de coeur?" asked Vassili, with his grim smile.
From The Sowers by Merriman, Henry Seton
