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poesy

[poh-uh-see, -zee] / ˈpoʊ ə si, -zi /


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Actresses Sigourney Weaver, Clemence Poesy and Maggie Gyllenhaal also joined — applauding vigorously when the designer came out at the finale.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2022

The signatories backing the new fundraising appeal, published in the Liberation newspaper on Wednesday, include actresses Clemence Poesy, Julie Gayet, Kruger - who is German-American but lives partly in France - and author Leila Slimani.

From Reuters • Feb. 28, 2018

UK premieres include My Name is Hmmm…, the feature film directorial debut from French fashion icon Agnes b and Mr Morgan's Last Love, starring Michael Caine and Clemence Poesy.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2014

As I lay asleep in ItalyThere came a voice from over the Sea,And with great power it forth led meTo walk in the visions of Poesy.

From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2013

Eons ago, I might say centuries, in '78, when a student at Oxford, I had trampled the vintage of my babyhood, and trod the thorn-spread heights of Poesy.

From Oscar Wilde by Ingleby, Leonard Cresswell




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