figurante
Example Sentences
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Mademoiselle Prévost, alarmed at such a triumph, intrigued with such success that Mademoiselle de Camargo was soon forced to fall back to the position of a mere figurante.
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various
Their malignant modesty does not deserve the respect of an intelligent figurante.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 06, May 7, 1870 by Various
My dear Friend, *** My exertions here have been incessant, for in whatever company I go, I am obliged to be the figurante of the circle.
From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by A. Turnbull
Her listener had drifted from attention to the soft caressing tones of the one time Parisian figurante, whose devotion was so apparent and whose nature required a certain amount of demonstration.
From The Bondwoman by Marah Ellis Ryan
Well, I can be a nursery-governess, or I can sing in a chorus; I should make a very decent figurante, or I could go round with baskets.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 by Various
