plait

Example Sentences

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For the unaware, that classic acronym comes from the French phrase Répondez s'il vous plait.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2023

Assembling a loaf of challah, the briochelike Jewish bread coated with a soft brown egg wash and braided in a classic plait, is another undertaking entirely.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2021

The moment finally came after riding hard and alone for 80 breathless kilometres, her French plait swinging in the cold autumnal breeze.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2021

I will, however, send a JRPMP: Je réponds parce-qu’il ME plait — “because it pleases me.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2017

“I keep thinking about the hair on that child’s head I saw on the train; it was very thick. It must have been work for her mother to plait it.”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie