conte

Example Sentences

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Heavily worked in conte crayon and ink, like an exceedingly muscular Seurat, it shows a boy breaking bread with two shifty-looking men.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2010

J. P. Donleavy's conte philosophique demonstrates that the things a man does not believe in can be as crippling as false faith.

From Time Magazine Archive

My title is hereditary," explained the new conte who is a U. S. citizen naturalized in 1914, "and my wife is now of course a countess.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their nails shone, their skin glowed, and the hair beneath their elaborately crocheted skullcaps looked drawn on with conte crayon.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

"Couleurs" consists of delightful twittings on ideas, and surely is not greatly important in a nation where one man of letters out of four has mastered the art of the conte.

From The Critical Game by Macy, John Albert