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 looking for a pierrot without a ruffle, and my search was long and in vain.

From The Count's Chauffeur by Le Queux, William

How d’ye think your father would do as a pierrot?

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton

A female pierrot dances past me with Don Juan, and, with a laugh, throws a handful of confetti in my face.

From The Gray Nun by Strachey, Lionel

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 McBeath, Neil