malgré lui

/ malɡre lyi /

adverb

1. in spite of himself

Example Sentences

On second viewing, though, I found Hunnam’s more moderate incarnation true to the movie’s sense of Fawcett’s own obsession: Percy isn’t an obsessive by nature, he’s an obsessive malgré lui.

From The New Yorker

Mr. Strassberger and Mr. Botstein, who have worked together previously on four operas — “Le Roi Malgré Lui,” “Les Huguenots,” “Der Ferne Klang” and Sergei Taneyev’s “Oresteia” — appeared to have developed a communication shorthand, helping release Mr. Botstein from having to micromanage the process.

From New York Times

Wexford Festival Opera Le Roi Malgré Lui Box office: 00 353 53 912 2144 Festival website That's not to belittle Chabrier's 1887 tangled opéra-comique tale of a reluctant French-born King of Poland, who pines for France, plots his own overthrow but finally accepts his fate.

From The Guardian

Saint-Saëns may have disguised his debt to Wagner in “Henry VIII” even more artfully than Chabrier did in “Le Roi Malgré Lui,” but you can still sense Wagner dabbling a ghostly finger in the extended scenes between Catherine and Anne.

From New York Times

One fan, Maurice Ravel, once remarked that he would rather have composed “Le Roi Malgré Lui” than Wagner’s entire “Ring” cycle.

From New York Times