réclame

Example Sentences

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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

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

All the vile and secret arts of réclame and puffery were to find no place in its immaculate pages. 

From Masques & Phases by Ross, Robert

He is only a past master of réclame, of the art of advertising.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James

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