arriere-pensee

Example Sentences

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It may be regarded as highly improbable that she will maintain honourably and with no arrière-pensée the obligations undertaken in the interests of German commerce in Morocco.

From Germany and the Next War by Bernhardi, Friedrich von

The Girondists alone had an arrière-pensée in their apparent favour towards him.

From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.

And yet Titian expresses this by no means exalted conception with a grand candour, an absence of arrière-pensée such as almost purges it of offence.

From The Later Works of Titian by Phillips, Claude

And I watched him tip the waiter without the least arrière-pensée on either side.

From Mr. Justice Raffles by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

Nor was there any warrant for imputing to him dishonesty of purpose or arrière-pensée.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John