gendarme

Example Sentences

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Police outriders from the City of London Police and from France’s Gendarme Nationale were also there to escort them.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2024

"But there must have been some men to start it?" the Japanese Gendarme said.

From Flash-lights from the Seven Seas by McConnell, Francis John

There are three of these, the Monologue Coquillart, the Monologue du Puys, and the Monologue du Gendarme Cassé.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

Walking out of the Gare du Nord one day, I saw a man in an American uniform and a French Gendarme vainly trying to talk with each other.

From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Gibbons, Floyd

The Gendarme arrived, and when his opponent had been pointed out to him, he pulled aside his coat-tails, and sat down insolently on the table, his backside not a foot from Augereau's face.

From The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot by Colt, Oliver C.