figurante

Example Sentences

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She was employed as a figurante in a small theatre.

From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Hallard, Alys

Mlle. de Camargo presided over the Ch�teau of Berny for some four years, when an obscure figurante of the Opera, Mlle.

From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel

The poor figurante must devote years of incessant toil to her profitless task before she can shine in it. 

From Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance by Smiles, Samuel

The young figurante frequently extended her arms and threw herself on her knees, as if in invocation of some unseen power.

From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by Adams, W. H. Davenport

For Bessy is to the procession of Plough Monday what the leading figurante is to the opera or ballet, and dances about as gracefully as the hippopotami described by Dr. Livingstone.

From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Behrend, Arthur C.