figurante

Example Sentences

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The angel appearing to Jeanne d'Arc seems to have been modelled from a figurante at the opera.

From The Story of Paris by Kimball, Katherine

The poor figurante must devote years of incessant toil to her profitless task before she can shine in it. 

From Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance by Smiles, Samuel

She was employed as a figurante in a small theatre.

From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Hallard, Alys

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 Turnbull, A.

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