Frau
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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
Or: “If the moon is so big, Frau Elena, how come it looks so little?”
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Average attendance for Germany’s top women’s league, Bundesliga Frauen, has grown by 190% in the last five years according to Euromonitor, from less than 900 in 2017 to almost 2,500 in 2022.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
Frauen said he was only able to participate in bidding to develop a new turbine last year because he bought materials before the war in Ukraine sent prices soaring.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2023
Swiss Frauen sported delicate lace caps, and Icelanders regally balanced gold diadems with trailing white veils.
From Time Magazine Archive
We went again to the Frauen Kirche, as W. had not seen it, and the second time I liked the Apostles better, a little better.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King
La Mara, an indefatigable and enthusiastic collector of anecdotes about unusual folk, has just published a book, Liszt und die Frauen.
From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James
Pia Fraus or Something Else.—I hope I am mistaken, but I think that in Germany of to-day a twofold sort of hypocrisy is set up as the duty of the moment for every one.
From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm
I ate a light breakfast, eschewing the fried sausages which the Blighted Fraus pressed upon my notice, and satisfying myself with a gently-boiled egg and some toast and coffee.
From Miss Cayley's Adventures by Allen, Grant
Then, in a triumphant manner, he concludeth all with this Exhortation to his Countrymen: Quid nos deterret? si firmiter in pede stemus, Fraus ni nos superat, nihil est quod non superemus.
From The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) by Parker, William Riley
Next day, I bade a tearless farewell to the Blighted Fraus.
From Miss Cayley's Adventures by Allen, Grant
