devoir
Example Sentences
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Quand le burkini est apparu, j’étais heureuse pour ma sœur, qui était en vacances et pouvait enfin jouer sur la plage avec ses enfants plutôt que de devoir rester à l’ombre.
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2016
From the polar heights of Great Neck came the Women's Club thereof, aesthetically accoutered to do their devoir.
From Time Magazine Archive
A battle ensued of as valiant a character as any recorded in the pages of history; for there was neither knight nor squire but what did his devoir and fought hand to hand.”
From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883
"Yes, sir, of course; when the lady says, 'Follow,' I hope you know a gentleman's devoir better than to disobey."
From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
Dans l'empire amoureux, Le devoir n'a point de puissance.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede
