figurante
Example Sentences
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Mlle. de Camargo presided over the Ch�teau of Berny for some four years, when an obscure figurante of the Opera, Mlle.
From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel
The young figurante frequently extended her arms and threw herself on her knees, as if in invocation of some unseen power.
From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by Adams, W. H. Davenport
The young figurante frequently stretched out her arms and knelt down as if to invoke some invisible being.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de
There stood I for whole mornings, with a long staff, and stretched my legs; but notwithstanding all my good- will, it was Dahlen's opinion that I should never get beyond a figurante.
From True Story of My Life by Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)
She was a bookbinder's accountant all the day, and in the evening she was a figurante at one of the theatres.
