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

I was quite sure that she would not go far, dressed as a pierrot and wearing a night-cap.

From The Queen Pedauque by Stritzko, Jos. A. V.

But if he had worn the garments of a pierrot or a clown, one would never have noticed it.

From The Master Mummer by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

"I am sorry to bring you off the Beverley affair, Wigan, but I think we ought to settle this pierrot business."

From The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles by Brebner, Percy James

How tiresome that pierrot was with his banjo, and the poor baby that wouldn't stop crying!

From Bosom Friends A Seaside Story by Brazil, Angela