bonjour

Example Sentences

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She greeted me with warm eyes and a soft bonjour, her long gray hair pulled back behind her head.

From The Verge • Feb. 13, 2015

But in France, bonjour means much more than that.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2014

On Twitter recently, he volunteered the three things that annoy him most about France: "People saying bonjour, grown men trying to kiss you to say hello and bum bags."

From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2012

Say bonjour to Frédéric Flamand, the new director of the Cannes International Dance Festival, appointed after its director of 18 years, Yorgos Loukos, stepped down in 2009.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2011

He greets a night guard, then a warder, always the same two words repeated back: Bonjour, bonjour.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr