Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In singing, an embellishment consisting of an aspirated sob-like grace-note added to the penultimate tone in certain skips: used mostly with interjections of sorrow or despair.
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Examples
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Thank you for sharing your "sanglot" savoir-faire, here, in the comments box.
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Thank you for sharing your "sanglot" savoir-faire, here, in the comments box.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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Thank you for sharing your "sanglot" savoir-faire, here, in the comments box.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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Thank you for sharing your "sanglot" savoir-faire, here, in the comments box.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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Thank you for sharing your "sanglot" savoir-faire, here, in the comments box.
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Mme Eyssette poussa un gros soupir, Jacques esquissa un sanglot, et tout fut dit.
Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant Alphonse Daudet 1868
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Ici, un grand sanglot, un sanglot déchirant retentit derrière la porte entre-bâillée. —
Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant Alphonse Daudet 1868
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When a caller recited Verlaine's "Les sanglot longs …" on the program I guessed that it would be that poem even before she began.
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When a caller recited Verlaine's "Les sanglot longs …" on the program I guessed that it would be that poem even before she began.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~References~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ plein de bonnes intentions = full of good intentions; sanglot (m) = sob; Carrefour = the name of a mega supermarket chain in France
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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