figurante
Example Sentences
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My dear friend, … My exertions have been incessant, for in whatever company I go, I am obliged to be the figurante of the circle.
From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Joseph Cottle
Mademoiselle Prévost, alarmed at such a triumph, intrigued with such success that Mademoiselle de Camargo was soon forced to fall back to the position of a mere figurante.
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various
The angel appearing to Jeanne d'Arc seems to have been modelled from a figurante at the opera.
From The Story of Paris by Katherine Kimball
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 Samuel Smiles
There stood I for whole mornings, with a long staff, and stretched my legs; but notwithstanding all my good- will, it was Dahlen's opinion that I should never get beyond a figurante.
From True Story of My Life by Mary (Mary Botham) Howitt
