pierrot
Example Sentences
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D Albarn, however, has played a better game than the talcum-faced pierrot and now no massive public- and privately funded multimedia arts project is too small for him to accept.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2011
After what seemed a long time of suspense Sir Beverley came to tell us the news—looking like a strong-faced, middle-aged pierrot in his surgeon's "make-up."
From The Brightener by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
A female pierrot dances past me with Don Juan, and, with a laugh, throws a handful of confetti in my face.
From The Gray Nun by Lionel Strachey
Mr. Frank Beaurepeare, of swimming fame, successfully managed the picture show, and eventually got together a few vocalists and comedians, who were organized into a pierrot group.
From Over the Top With the Third Australian Division by Neil McBeath
This contained a note written on scented paper, edged with gold, and decorated with a miniature representation of a pierrot, sitting cross-legged, conning a book, on the open pages of which appeared the letters L.V.
From The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage by Bernard Shaw
