Example Sentences

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A Frenchwoman had won the Eurovision song contest on British soil—narrowly beating the U.K. entrant, which was titled, with pitch-perfect national self-awareness, “Rock Bottom.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Eleven of the 16 victims were foreign nationals, with three UK citizens, two South Koreans, two Canadians, one Frenchwoman, one Swiss, one American, and one Ukrainian identified among the dead.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

The Frenchwoman does not usually select two out-and-out strikers so will have a big decision to make when Kerr is ready to start.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

The Frenchwoman pleaded for online trolls to remember players "are human".

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025

A copy was given me by a Frenchwoman I trained with, just after she was brought back from the field late last year.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein