réclame

Example Sentences

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And his friends were not powerful enough to make up for his lack of réclame.

From One Woman's Life by Herrick, Robert

On literary réclame, he says much that is true—if not the whole truth, in the apophthegm for instance, 'You have to become famous before you can secure the attention which would give fame.'

From The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories by Gissing, George

All the vile and secret arts of réclame and puffery were to find no place in its immaculate pages. 

From Masques & Phases by Ross, Robert

Cependant, ne vous gênez pas, je vous prie, en répondant à une lettre qui ne vaut—qui ne réclame pas même—aucune réponse: tandis que vous me croyez votre très dévoué Edouard de Petitgrange.

From Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883) by Wright, William Aldis

And then to have to watch Dad and mother still pushing, scheming, intriguing; always with the affectation of despising réclame, yet doing nothing—not the most simple act—without a careful eye to it!

From The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts by Pinero, Arthur Wing, Sir