affaire de coeur
Example Sentences
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I don't think, in the first case, that this was an affaire de coeur, as the Frenchmen say.
From The Drone A Play in Three Acts by Mayne, Rutherford
No adequate reason could be guessed at for such eccentricity, not even the excuse of an affaire de coeur, which would go further in the minds of Frenchmen than any other justification of capricious courses.
From Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
Though, after all, I was not so sure about the last part, for I did not feel half satisfied concerning my affaire de coeur, and was strolling somewhat listlessly along, when Clara pinched my arm.
From A Fluttered Dovecote by Fenn, George Manville
Not long after the sad finale of his affaire de coeur, he left his home in the country, and going to Frankfort became a clerk in the post office.
From Tempest and Sunshine by Holmes, Mary Jane
"May one call it an affaire de coeur?" asked Vassili, with his grim smile.
From The Sowers by Merriman, Henry Seton
