devoir
Example Sentences
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Quand le burkini est apparu, j’étais heureuse pour ma sœur, qui était en vacances et pouvait enfin jouer sur la plage avec ses enfants plutôt que de devoir rester à l’ombre.
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2016
From the polar heights of Great Neck came the Women's Club thereof, aesthetically accoutered to do their devoir.
From Time Magazine Archive
Voil� ce que j'ai cru devoir vous dire.
From Life of Beethoven by Schindler, Anton
"Yes, sir, of course; when the lady says, 'Follow,' I hope you know a gentleman's devoir better than to disobey."
From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
"I hope you do not deem the devoir of a country gentleman incompatible with the duties of a statesman?"
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
