arriere-pensee

Example Sentences

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He was perfectly frank and manly: he spoke without arrière-pensée, he meant what he said, and was ready to believe that other people meant it too.

From A True Friend A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline

As a matter of fact, there was an arrière-pensée underlying his words.

From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Mitford, Bertram

He spoke now without the slightest arrière-pensée of flattering her, and Sylvia in her sudden burst for self-expression was unconscious of him, save as an opponent in an argument.

From The Bent Twig by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

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)