affaire

Example Sentences

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She was again named best supporting actress in 1982 and best actress the following year for Une étrange affaire and La Balance.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

If a non-affaire affaire can elicit this degree of discontent, people are already deeply unhappy, looking for a reason to vent.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 2, 2018

The startling turnaround in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affaire has nothing to do with what happened May 14 in the now famous Sofitel hotel room 2806.

From Time • Jul. 2, 2011

You are right; this affaire is killing me.

From My Memoirs by Steinheil, Marguerite

I did not think an affaire du coeur could be so serious; but now I know it.

From In the Van; or, The Builders by Price-Brown, John