amour

Example Sentences

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Stripping away the amour propre of a nuclear-armed potentate is a dangerous business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

“Congratulations mon amour de la vie,” she wrote to Menendez, according to the indictment.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023

The charge-sheet said that after the couple received the car, Mrs Menendez texted her husband to say: "Congratulations mon amour de la vie, we are the proud owners of a 2019 Mercedes."

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2023

“Congratulations mon amour de la vie, we are the proud owners of a 2019 Mercedes,” Nadine Menendez texted her husband, along with a heart emoji.

From Washington Times • Sep. 22, 2023

Having thus his amour propre wounded, he was unfortunately not on very good terms with me.

From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Nassau, Robert Hamill