Frau

Example Sentences

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Suffice to say, Frau Platter had a lot on her plate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Every detail was meticulously curated—Poltrona Frau furniture, Byredo bathroom amenities, a Lutron lighting system, and a Bang & Olufsen sound system, to name a few.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2025

Try the sunset of “An Alpine Symphony,” or the fantasy from “Die Frau Ohne Schatten,” or “Don Juan” — here more of a Falstaff, but without the jokes.

From New York Times • May 26, 2022

Because Frau Waterman was evidently the first non-native woman to scale those heights, her husband decided that the peak should bear her name.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2022

There is no other sound, not of traffic or airplanes or trains or radios or the specter of Frau Schwartzenberger rattling the cage of the elevator.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr