French letter

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 precise wording of the French letter isn't the issue.

From Time Magazine Archive

This evening I was late writing a French letter by my Lord's order to Monsieur Wragh, Embassador de Denmarke a la Haye, which my Lord signed in bed. 23rd.

From The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Braybrooke, Richard Griffin, Baron

Let all dissolve, and spread over French letter paper, with a brush or piece of sponge.

From American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype by Humphrey, S. D. (Samuel Dwight)

In silence, and with a face of contemptuous disgust, Mr. Gilbert takes up the French letter, points to a column, and watches him.

From Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir by Fleming, May Agnes

Mr. Godfrey always treated him kindly, and had called upon him again that very morning to assist him in translating a French letter, complimenting him, at the same time, upon his scholarship.

From Try and Trust by Alger, Horatio