réclame

Example Sentences

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Yet he did not find the words, because he was rather pleased with the réclame of being a hero, which was an entirely new experience in a family that had been for generations in service.

From The Last Shot by Palmer, Frederick

And then to have to watch Dad and mother still pushing, scheming, intriguing; always with the affectation of despising réclame, yet doing nothing—not the most simple act—without a careful eye to it!

From The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts by Pinero, Arthur Wing, Sir

On literary réclame, he says much that is true—if not the whole truth, in the apophthegm for instance, 'You have to become famous before you can secure the attention which would give fame.'

From The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories by Gissing, George

Instead of terrorizing the Parisians the Zeppelin raids have merely roused a vivid sense of sportsmanship and curiosity among them—at first they had a real réclame!

From The World Decision by Herrick, Robert

He remembered Adelle, or professed to, and gave her a kindly old man's smile when he shook hands with her, in spite of all the réclame of her indecorous return to her native land.

From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert