marquise
Example Sentences
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Former lovers, a marquise and a viscount, pass the time in decadent games of destruction in pre-revolutionary France.
From Los Angeles Times
A count and a marquise are captives on an exotic island where warrior women rule over demure men.
From The New Yorker
In particular, the prongs holding my marquise diamond stone were loose.
From Washington Post
A rare 1970s John Dickinson mirror hangs over a seating area in the living room that includes an 18th-century Jacob Frères marquise chair and Queen Anne wing chairs.
From Washington Post
He gossips and indulges in what some might call mild locker-room talk with his doctors, asking one whether a certain marquise is beautiful naked.
From New York Times
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