cinque

Example Sentences

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They are lightly traced in much of the cinque cento sculpture; very boldly and grandly in the strange Last Judgment in the porch of St. Maclou at Rouen, described in the “Seven Lamps.”

From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by Ruskin, John

For a gammon, play the ace from the six to the cinque point in your own table.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

I have been calculating"—Mr. Buzzacott turned his pale green eyes towards his guest—"that I may be able to afford that pretty little cinque cassone, after all.

From Mortal Coils by Huxley, Aldous

All down the table went the words "soldi," "lire," "lire sterline," "biglietti da cinque," "biglietti da dieci."

From The Call of the Blood by Lowell, Orson

Nui al presento siamo cinque sociale comite come il vedi.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington