pierrot
Example Sentences
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D Albarn, however, has played a better game than the talcum-faced pierrot and now no massive public- and privately funded multimedia arts project is too small for him to accept.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2011
Or had she slipped in through the door during my banter with the pierrot?
From The Gray Nun by Lionel Strachey
The wailing ceased, but Enrico remained seated, his hands still clutching his bushy hair, while his large brown eyes stared blankly from a face as white as a pierrot.
From Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter by Montague Glass
At present there are several Huxleys—the artificer in words, the amateur of garbage, pierrot lunaire, the cynic in rag-time, the fastidious sensualist.
From When Winter Comes to Main Street by Grant Martin Overton
Mr. Frank Beaurepeare, of swimming fame, successfully managed the picture show, and eventually got together a few vocalists and comedians, who were organized into a pierrot group.
From Over the Top With the Third Australian Division by Neil McBeath
