lou

Example Sentences

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He describes the praying mantis, "or, as they say in Provence, lou Pr�go Di�ou, the Pray-to-God," with keen observation and lively imagination.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sophisticated savers are turning instead to Treasury bills that pay nearly 7%; commercial paper, a form of corporate lou, that yields 7.5%; and commercial-bank certificates of deposit, that pay almost 8%.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Ero un tantost d'aquel estiéu Que ni vihave ni dourmiéu: Fasiéu miejour, tau que me plaise, Lou cahessòu Toucant lou sòn A l'aise."

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred

Lou Daulphin en la Mar, lou Ton, e la Balena, Monstres impetuous, Ryaumes, e Comtas, Lous Princes, e lous Reys, seran per mort domtas.

From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry