sacre
Americaninterjection
Example Sentences
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Helping him birth this baby is -- sacre bleu! -- another familiar name with a French-bistro background: Scott Emerick, former owner/chef of Cremant, late of Madrona.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2010
I don't know whether Stravinsky said that line about the door, but he did say this: "I am the vessel through which Le sacre du printemps passed."
From Slate • Jul. 27, 2010
Margot is a monstre sacre, and Hunt plays her to the hilt.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2010
We lay on board her about two hours, during which we discharged at her about 20 sacre shots.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Kerr, Robert
Speaking of the Abbé Dubois, he says, 'Qui étoit en plein ce qu'un mauvais françois appelle un sacre, mais qui ne se peut guere exprimer autrement.'
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell
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