bonjour

Example Sentences

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I passed with a Parisian-lilted bonjour and he said bonjour back with the Chadian “r” that rolls off the tongue.

From The Guardian • Dec. 14, 2018

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

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

The only word I knew in French was bonjour, which did me no good.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah