secours

Example Sentences

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They asked me, several times, if I was suffering, and offered to go on to the poste de secours if I wanted them to.

From High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by Hall, James Norman

There was the phase of ravitaillement, the constant provisioning of the whole land; and the phase of secours, the special care of the destitute and the ill and the children.

From Herbert Hoover The Man and His Work by Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman)

How the white knight defended the lady of Nohalt, ¶ Comment la dame de noehault7 enuoya deuers le roy artus, luy supplier quil luy enuoyast secours contre le Roy de norhombellande qui luy menoit guerre.

From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)

All this created an enormous sum for the secours, which was the real "relief," as benevolence.

From Herbert Hoover The Man and His Work by Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman)

Je me souviens encore du moment où mon père et mes oncles Gérard appellèrent autour d'eux leurs amis, et Dieu sait si les amis se sont empressés d'accourir à leur secours!

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte