gendarme

Example Sentences

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Outside, TV crews stood at the ready and a comedian dressed as a gendarme sold “genuine fake Swiss passports.”

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

“Closed. You’ll have to walk around,” a French gendarme had just told them, gesturing towards the south.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2024

The boat was rescued from there by the Senegalese gendarme and brought to Saint-Louis.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023

Dinghies used by migrants to try to cross the channel are seen at the French gendarme brigade in Marquise, France, August 20, 2020.

From Reuters • Jul. 23, 2021

On most nights, the people stayed at the site long after this gendarme had gone and told stories to one another beneath the big blank screen.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat