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
"Quant aux changements qu'on lui a �crit devoir se faire dans le gouvernement, il n'en est pas question."
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling
That, according to Mr. Tennyson's lately-published opinion, is the devoir of that deeply-to-be-pitied individual, l'homme marié.
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
I promise you I will not lay a straw in the path of Muriel’s happiness, and it shall not be my fault if Mr. Granville fails in a lover’s devoir.
From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
