arriere-pensee
Example Sentences
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But the needy poet may have had some arrière-pensée.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth
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
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.
Tintoretto communicated his own savage grandeur, his own unrest, to those whom he depicted; Paolo Veronese charmed without arrière-pensée by the intensity of vitality which with perfect simplicity he preserved in his sitters.
From The Later Works of Titian by Phillips, Claude
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
