conte

Example Sentences

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Heavily worked in conte crayon and ink, like an exceedingly muscular Seurat, it shows a boy breaking bread with two shifty-looking men.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2010

My title is hereditary," explained the new conte who is a U. S. citizen naturalized in 1914, "and my wife is now of course a countess.

From Time Magazine Archive

J. P. Donleavy's conte philosophique demonstrates that the things a man does not believe in can be as crippling as false faith.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their nails shone, their skin glowed, and the hair beneath their elaborately crocheted skullcaps looked drawn on with conte crayon.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

Indeed, it all seems so silly and far-fetched, so "out of the question," that one feels almost ashamed at bringing this Martia into a serious biography of a great man—un conte à dormir debout!

From The Martian by Du Maurier, George