fillers

Example Sentences

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The Spanish-style ornaments in Delibes’s “Les filles de Cadix” weren’t dashed off for smiles, but were sung with intensity, turning what could be a throwaway number into an unlikely burning drama.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2022

But it was her self-penned song, Tous les garçons et les filles, that the radio stations and the public responded to.

From The Guardian • Apr. 29, 2018

Creative director Deborah Lloyd matched the walls at the brand's show in a black dress adorned with French script reading "Toutes les filles sont folles," or "All the girls are crazy."

From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2012

After they retire Hamlet indulges in a passionate outburst reproaching the times with its hypocrisy and des hypocrites et routinières jeunes filles.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James

"Je vous marierai," she tells us in her funny old French, "Je vous marierai bien, mes filles, si vous êtes sages," and she winks both eyes.

From The Light of Scarthey by Castle, Egerton