Pontoise

[ pawn-twaz ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Val-d'Oise, in N France, on the Oise River, NW of Paris.

Example Sentences

“My mother died on Monday 7 April in the old people’s home attached to the hospital at Pontoise, where I had installed her two years previously,” she starts her 1987 reminiscence “A Woman’s Story,” which echoes Albert Camus’ opening sentence in “The Stranger”: “Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don’t know.”

From Los Angeles Times

A 2018 law criminalised urban rodeos with a possible jail term of one to five years, but Pontoise Mayor Stéphanie Von Euw told French media they were powerless to stop the bikers as the law was not strong enough: "The offenders have to be caught red-handed."

From BBC

For residents in Pontoise the rodeos are nothing new: "That's why I rarely ever go for a walk with my little one, especially in the spring or winter - I was worried this would happen," one father told Le Parisien.

From BBC

Then, earlier this month, a seven-year-old girl called Kenya was playing with a friend on a basketball court in Pontoise, northwest of Paris, when they were knocked down by an 18-year-old biker.

From BBC

After the two children were run over while playing tag late in the evening in Pontoise, the girl's mother accused the government of failing to act: "They were in an area reserved for children, not motorbikes."

From BBC