French

Example Sentences

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A French machine-gun officer in the trenches during the First World War.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

Paris — There’s a present-day answer to the question that was posed in verse by the French medieval poet and street brawler François Villon: “Where are the snows of yesteryear?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026

To help Parisians and tourists cope with the heat, authorities are keeping parks and gardens in the French capital open through the night.

From Barron's • Jun. 20, 2026

Plus, England’s head-scratching roster, the unloved French striker and a 40-year-old keeper becomes an Instagram star.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026

And then we would hear the life-giving words passed back along the aisles in French, Polish, Russian, Czech, back into Dutch.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom