Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for devoirs. Search instead for renoirs.
Definitions

devoirs





Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The herald then, seeing each champion in his place, uplifted his voice, repeating thrice, Faites vos devoirs, preux chevaliers.

From Coronation Anecdotes by Gossip, Giles

Persis cast her eyes up in despair and hastened to pay her devoirs to her mother-in-law.

From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert

Je n’ai rencontr� personne qui s�t concilier � ce point tous les devoirs, tous les sentiments, toutes les ide�s.

From The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) by Greville, Charles

Next he paid his devoirs to "Jessie the flower o' Dumblane," as he met her one morning "Comin' thro' the rye."

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza

Another warrior, as brave and as ill-fated—Henry the Fifth—paid his devoirs to Becket as he came up the road, fresh from his glorious French campaigns.

From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Harper, Charles G.