How To Use Amour In A Sentence

The Truth is, I had heard so ill a Character of the Town Amours, as being all Libertinism, and more especially the Inns of Court, that I dreaded to launch on so dangerous a Sea; thinking each The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia
The show travels to nearly 200 cities around the world annually with the beauty, elegance, glamour and energy of a Broadway show.
Relying on their well-established formula of eerie melodies, pastoral soundscapes, babbling children and rhythmic clamour, their sophomore effort rings true.
Posting articles about ethical polyamoury on a philanderer's site is like putting pictures of hands on a foot fetishist site.
It's not often that you clamour to hear about an actor's childhood. Times, Sunday Times

Don't forget Persian lamb, broadtail, goat and other furs that are light and casual, so you can "dress them up or down, with jeans," says Ms. Landau, adding, "It's an easy glamour that you can wear even in California. Restyling Full-Length Mink Coats
The slums and shanty towns stand in stark contrast to the multi-storey towers and the glamour of Bollywood.
It was a return to the 1970s, blending Halston glamour with the sexual liberation of the trouser.
In his weekly post, Williamson wrote that "the killing of Jesus was truly 'deicide' " and that "only the Jews leaders and people were the prime agents of the deicide because it is obvious from the gospels that the gentile most involved, Pontius Pilate, … would never have condemned Jesus to death had not the Jewish leaders roused the Jewish people to clamour for his crucifixion. Bishop's blog raises tensions between Jews and the Vatican
She's beyond cool, with a grungy glamour, and looks so great when she dances.
Thus the essence of glamour which may be thought of as sex appeal by tantalisation was replaced by ‘in your face’ sexuality.
As competition from Asia increases and shareholders clamour for ever faster growth some regard the inward-looking nature of the family corporate setup as untenable.
Dean has most of the Hollywood glamour; both Martin Sheen and Rob Reiner were here stumping for him in recent days.
With a romantic flourish, he produces a presentation box, he gently eases it open and shows his amour some fantastically expensive ring.
Jumbo jets somehow lack the glamour of the transatlantic liner.
The 1947 classic film 'Wild Harvest' is about a love triangle between Dorothy Lamour, Alan Ladd and Robert Preston.
He bought his records on import, and the exclusivity and rareness of the music gave it a profound glamour.
Guardastagno (forgetting the lawes of respect and loyall friendship) became overfondly enamoured, expressing the same by such outward meanes, that the Lady her selfe tooke knowledge thereof, and not with any dislike, as it seemed, but rather lovingly entertained; yet she grew not so forgetfull of her honour and estimation, as the other did of faith to his friend. The Decameron
Detail embroidery, retro beadwork, sequins and lace add a touch of Hollywood glamour.
Modern luxury ships are a pale imitation of the glamour and style of the early ocean liners.
Labour is going to learn whether or not it is possible to resist the public clamour for tax cuts and still win a general election.
Resorts: Cortina is international jet set, glamour and glitz.
Hurrell helped established the identity of many actresses and actors and created an iconography of steamy sexuality with dreamy glamour.
The local community council in what is a mixed residential district however is not as enamoured.
'I love to mix the' homegirl 'look with Hollywood glamour,' the Californian-born singer said. Home | Mail Online
Through the blown scud the clamour of the bell came mournfully to us over the waves; in the blown drifts of rain we saw the bawley labouring to us. Movie Night
His lawyer said: 'He was dazzled by glamour and is sorry for his lies. The Sun
She feels flattered by the clamour of attention, if a little bewildered. Times, Sunday Times
Several film stars were invited to add a touch of glamour to the occasion.
The problem with responding to every group that clamours loudly is that in election year everyone starts to clamour.
Revenge is sweet, saith the phrasemonger, and to the old lady whose discipline had been flouted and whose amour propre had been rudely shaken it was very sweet indeed. Who Cares? a story of adolescence
Without that, there is no such thing as society, merely the clamour of competing voices and the clash of conflicting wills. Times, Sunday Times
The harlequin is enamoured of a young dancer who has been forced to marry the proprietor of the troupe.
I think they definitely loved the beauty and the glamour and the clothes and the sets.
He has composed a series of townships scenes in flat planes of bright and bold colours that clamour for attention.
Several film stars were invited to add a touch of glamour to the occasion.
The third tenet of beach glamour is a good waterproof mascara.
The colour of edition of set limit to makeup combined smooth shadow and idolum creation to give infinite daydream, let any the people long to be shined by her glamour place.
The Arabs say that an ancient tribe called Beni Tamour fabricated them. Travels in Syria and the Holy Land
It cannot make itself heard above the general clamour for attention. Times, Sunday Times
Whatever the justice of the situation-and I had to admit that at least some of it lay on his side-my sense of amour-propre was deeply offended at the thought of being beaten, by whomever and for whatever reason. Sick Cycle Carousel
In the end, she reconciles her new amour with her personal philosophy of maintaining two lovers.
He backed up Chad Pennington, and then Brett Favre, and then Mr. Sanchez last season, though even that glamourless role could be ending. Clemens Barely Holding On as Jets' No. 3 Quarterback
I'm not too enamoured with the idea of spending a whole day with him.
Regardless of the eurozone turmoil and global recession, consumers and health bodies are still clamouring for Botox. Botox helps to create an Irish boom town amid economic gloom
Its credibility depends largely on the reflected glamour of natural selection which biology proper is said to legitimise.
You know, despite all of modern medicine's glitz and glamour, sometimes the old fashioned remedies work the best.
His glamour and mystique remain as potent now as they were at their height in 1921.
Our doughty competitors realised that was out of their reach, but the glamour still didn't fade.
A little brass bell tinkled a welcome, and the door, closing, shut out the clamour of the street.
On his abrupt and unexpected apparition, Diana paled and Ruth flushed slightly, whereupon Sir Rowland might have bethought him, had he been book-learned, of the axiom, "Amour qui rougit, fleurette; amour qui plit, drame du coeur. Mistress Wilding
The clamour to make him England boss will be so great, it will take cloth ears to ignore it. The Sun
Add a cashmere scarf under your jacket for a touch of glamour.
They may be clamouring for democracy and progress, but Lebanon's chieftains are feudal at heart.
Then God sent down on him and on the stubborn unbelievers with him a thunderblast from the heavens of His power, which destroyed them all with a mighty clamour, and neither he nor any of his company set eyes on the city. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III
burlesque hall of fame, dixie evans, exotic world, kitten deville, liz renay, michelle l'amour, new york burlesque festival Inspiration and Execution: Tribute Numbers in Burlesque
From tiny rucksacks through sequinned glamour bags to big mummy handbags, it's very rare to see a woman without one.
Nor does there seem a host of players outside the XI clamouring for attention. Times, Sunday Times
It makes a good spectator sport, has glamour and razzmatazz. Times, Sunday Times
Yet her image was far removed from the flashy glamour of regulation pop stardom. Times, Sunday Times
It certainly gives me hope that there is a little romance to be found in the world for us normal people, without all the glitz and glamour of a soap opera.
A Kolathiri king was enamoured of the beauty of Kunjaadi, a member of the family.
She is decorative, larger than life, a terrific glamourpuss.
They retain the rugged residual glamour of life on the move. Times, Sunday Times
Alexander the Great, enamoured of his Theban captive Campaspe, gives her freedom and engages Apelles to paint her portrait.
Life as a spy is all glamour - women, alcohol, jetting around the globe for two hours before finally thwarting the enemy in the last ten minutes.
Get in tough with your inner siren and go for high-octane glamour: think sequins, heels and a slash of red lipstick
The words of his song were like fire in us, and we clamoured to be led against the Meat-Eaters. THE STRENGTH OF THE STRONG
Any exhibition on the wealth of a nation's royal class is an exhibition of the inflated amour-propre of men with money and armies at their beck. Larissa Archer: Asian Art Museum's "Maharaja" Overlooks Crucial Cultural Questions in India
Yet when the clamour died away, the mists lifted to reveal what had been achieved.
If we've come to the point where the banterers are having to explain and apologise for their jokes, then presumably the joy of the thing – the roaring of rape humour across a crowded internet, that beery, leery, Friday-night amour – has been lost? The joke's on them
As the glamour boy of the country's glamour club, Manchester United, he had everything: abundant talent, money, looks and a never-ending supply of leggy blondes willing to be notches on his bedpost.
It's the perfect escape to glamour and opulence if the hippy vibe is all too much. Times, Sunday Times
As a teenager, I was very enamoured of the deepness of black.
Invariably the butt of the family joker, he leaves his wife clamouring for an image maker for a husband.
For example, Star Anise, that peculiar spice that looks like a fossilised flower, has really changed my stews, adding an unfamiliar glamour to shin of beef.
In many quarters there was a clamour for "practical" studies, and the old classical course was decried as useless, or merely ornamental; its very foundation, the theory of mental or formal discipline, well expressed in the term gymnasium for classical schools in Germany, has been vigorously assailed, but not disproved. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
She quickly became enamoured with his style of writing, entranced by his wordsmith abilities and the evident wisdom of his words.
The four bouncers go for a night on the town, playing more than 20 different characters, from giggly girls to drunken slobs, set against the glitzy glamour of the nightclub scene.
The noise, the clamour and the characters made it an incredible place to work. Times, Sunday Times
Have a look at these beauties or starlettes ... amourette, causette, lichette, risette, soeurette, and the uber-original saperlipopette! Newforest Vocab Notes
I encourage you to find an area of ministry that offers no glamour, no prestige. Christianity Today
On Thursday we wake and hear the welcome clamour all around. Times, Sunday Times
At the center of La Rochefoucauld's masterpiece is the notion of amour-propre , best translated as self-regard. Puncturing Our Pretensions
She had college qualifications in business and accountancy, but worked part-time as a glamour model and air stewardess.
The only way to fend off the loud clamour of conspiracy theories is to keep the public fully informed.
Tennessee's attorney general had accused Wilson of glamouring -- glamorizing, that is, the smokeless tobacco brand Skoal. CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2005
Our concern here is to emphasize the billions of small wrangles that were altering the collective thought, to summon out of the past, for an instant, an elfin clamour of now silenced voices that prepared the soil for revolution, the not-at-all-lucid propagandists at street corners, the speakers in little meeting-houses, in open spaces and during work intermissions; to recall the rustle of queer newspapers that were not quite ordinary newspapers; and the handicapped book publications that were everywhere fighting traditional and instinctive resistances. The Shape of Things to Come
A vacationing Livingston resident reported no less than seeing Ken and his Castilian paramour dining beachside.
En amour, il y a un temps pour plonger, mais il faut attendre que la piscine se remplisse si l'on ne veut pas plonger dans un bain de pieds. French Word-A-Day:
Our response is automatic because, like the rest of the world's population, we've been conditioned to believe that the television industry is all glitz and glamour.
Amid all the tumult and clamour of the teeming crowds who throng the premises, the hall stands dignified in its majestic splendour.
He is less enamoured of ballet's foggy, hierarchical culture. Times, Sunday Times
Then you discover that the process has all the glamour of digging a ditch.
The phrase amour-propre since 'propre' means clean elides 'self-love' and 'clean-love'. Archive 2007-05-01
Alexander the Great, enamoured of his Theban captive Campaspe, gives her freedom and engages Apelles to paint her portrait.
Money that's been set aside in secret could surface just in time to add some glitz and glamour to your festive plans. The Sun
‘The clamour for early interest rate increases is unjustified and potentially dangerous, particularly for manufacturing,’ he said.
Endless films - I have to say particularly some American ones - seem to glamourize war.
Likewise he was less than totally enamoured of the idea of taking up coaching or football management.
If he continues looking over his shoulder at your past amours, suggest to him, gently, that he is lousing up what otherwise would be very happy times.
She is a well-known glamour model who allows her photograph to appear in sex industry advertisements.
It may seem unfair to over-emphasize the voluptuary in Mr. Pepys, but it is Mr. Pepys, the promiscuous amourist; stringing his lute (God forgive him!) on a Sunday, that is the outstanding figure in the Diary. The Art of Letters
Amusette" and "amourette" sont (as the song says about Michèle) - "2 mots qui vont très bien ensemble". Amusette - French Word-A-Day
But amitié amoureuse is an impermanent state if it precedes l'amour. LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE
Dazzling costumes, spectacular sets and sensational choreography make this performance by The Rattonians an evening of glamour and glitz.
Mr O'Keeffe, who had formed deep bonds with a number of families in the community, was remembered as a man who was 'enamoured' of the world. Northernstar.com.au: The Northern Star
America's most expensive hotel has no strict theme, but it does have top-notch rooms, lovely pools and glamour to spare.
At breakfast next morning my two grandsons were clamouring to go swimming.
I was just as enamoured of her as everybody else.
Levin said that, while much of the public objection was likely caused by apprehension over the expected "Hollywood-ization" of the topic, Greengrass and the studio had made no attempt to make the film "glossed," "user friendly" or "glamourized. Melissa Lafsky: Tribeca Panel Series: Actor, Producer, Family Member on "United 93"
That was enough for all of them to clamour for group photographs, autographs and exchange of pleasantries of all sorts.
The Eighties career woman who had it all: looks, glamour, fast-track, moneyed lifestyle, husband, children.
This week started a bit after that time-wise, w/us learning what happened to Jessica's family the first few minutes until it was revealed that Bill 'glamoured' them. keep up! EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines
The academic elite has responded to the exam statistics by suggesting greater government investment in science, just as it continually clamours for further investment in research and development.
There is also the added Carbon footprint of freight and packaging in that Country, and the extra workers needed at all the hardware stores to cover the increase in visitors all 'clamouring' for the free light globes. PA Pundits - International
Henry Farrell on Crooked Timber defends the European Parliament: ... complaints about the self-importance and amour-propre of MEPs seem to me to really miss the point. Things that caught my eye
Add a lace top for a touch of glamour.
The ornate rugs on the rough, wooden floor seemed to be nothing but pieces of carpet, dirt scuffing away the designs of its former glamour.
Modern luxury ships are a pale imitation of the glamour and style of the early ocean liners.
All anew, all eternal, all enlinked, enlaced and enamoured, Oh, then did ye LOVE the world, — — Ye eternal ones, ye love it eternally and for all time: and also unto woe do ye say: Hence! Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none
These traits of spoken language belong to a vulgar household, filled with the clamour of a large family fond of coarse jokes and prone to sentimental effusions.
There was so much of glamour, beauty and seduction in that dressing.
Kwaque queried back, taking for granted that it was an offer to exchange and wondering whether the little old cook had become enamoured of his precious jews 'harp. CHAPTER XI
His immaculate suit, unfashionable haircut and adult ways made him instead look more like a parent than the screaming groupies that clamoured around the stage during the show.
The chiru was being hunted to extinction for the sake of glamour. Times, Sunday Times
I was really expecting for something truly new from Kenzo Amour, and instead I got quotes from different perfumes: The base is powdery musk and vanilla, as in Flower, or the signature dry down of the Ormonde Jayne line The tartness of Amour reminds me of the pink pepper and dates notes in Ta’if, and the steam rice recalls the basmati rice in Champaca. Archive 2006-09-01
Thus she saith! but what a woman tells an ardent amourist ought fitly to be graven on the breezes and in running waters. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus
The problem with responding to every group that clamours loudly is that in election year everyone starts to clamour.
ASHLEY Cole has, reportedly, taken a picture of himself naked to the waist and the shot has ended up being sent by an unnamed sex texter to the phone of glamour model Sonia Wild who tells the tabloids that she replied with sexy shots of herself and thought she thought she was talking to Chelsea and England loyal family man Ashley but wasn't. Anorak News
Not for them the riches, glamour and adulation enjoyed by our pampered soccer stars. The Sun
Along the coast, people have crammed themselves into steep-sided stacks of apartments in the clamour for the slightest glimpse of the sea.
The glitz and glamour was in stark contrast to the mostly dull, overcast weather.
The religious conservatives are not enamoured of the West and its values.
Scottish Television's flagship news programme, the estimable Scotland Today, has a website which sadly strips all the glamour away from television news.
Going straight to stadiums was supposed to add drama, glitz and glamour. The Sun
Even the dignified Sir Alec Guinness was so enamoured of his co-star in ‘Fall of the Roman Empire’ that he searched the Swiss mountains for a rare edelweiss to lay at her feet.
Detail embroidery, retro beadwork, sequins and lace add a touch of Hollywood glamour.
If I have wounded your amour-propre, you have done me a more serious injury. LION IN THE VALLEY
Mary personally did not worry about the amours of her brothers.
Several film stars were invited to add a touch of glamour to the occasion.
The word amateur comes from the French 'amour', meaning someone who loves what they do. MAKE Magazine
Engraved on her gold necklace are the words Amour dure sans fin. The Memory Palace
And away from the glamour and the excitement of the stage, there is often the hidden loneliness, the restless mind that seldom knows the calm of a safe harbour.
She could give carp fishing a bit of muchneeded glamour. The Sun
Kathryn's quiet voice stilled the clamour.
But he is now less enamoured by the catwalk. Times, Sunday Times
And as someone who is recognised as being at the very pinnacle of her profession, there is no shortage of top galleries clamouring to exhibit her work.
Lastly, I think the harsh reality of working to daily, weekly or even monthly deadlines sometimes drains the glamour out of publishing for journalists.
As poets, we are enamoured of the English language.
The superficial glamour of its picturesque figures has faded. The Times Literary Supplement
The writer is more interested in the hype and glamour of grifting then in knowing anything about the reality.
And as we know, in the clamour for rights those who can only whisper are ignored.
Here is a man who understands the cinematic image, not just as vacuous glamour but as narrative and poetry.
She's going to bring so much glamour. The Sun
La bouderie en amour est comme le sel ; il n'en faut pas trop. Bouder - French Word-A-Day
He does news photography, he snaps celebrities and - the reason why I'm talking to him - he is also a glamour photographer.
The Bathroom has luscious Italian marble and tile appropriate for the glamourous era of the home.
Which of today's celebrities promises a passport into a similar world of artistic friendships and glamour? Times, Sunday Times
He used the Golden Legend, Huon de Meri's allegorical poem of the fight between Jesus and the Antichrist, Peter Comestor's Bible History, Rustebeuf's La Voie de Paradis, Grosseteste's religious allegory of Le Chastel d 'Amour, the paraded learning of Vincent of Beauvais in Speculum Historiale, and other works -- numerous and small signs of booklore, which are completely overshadowed by his illuminating comprehension of the popular side in the politics of his day. Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages
Here, Wheatcroft would appear to be enamoured of the work of structuralists.
The value of Groupon and other social media sites including Facebook and gaming company Zynga have soared as investors have clamoured to get in on the action. Discount firm Groupon aims for $750m in US stock market float
And I agree: I think La Coquette's fresh style would definitely add a little unique "peps" to the French Glamour! Glamour Shot
The farmer clamours for adequate remuneration, if not more.
Known as the Temple de l' Amour, the folly is now the client's summer residence.
In the leaner 1990s that headquarters glamour is increasingly seen as gluttony - an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy and overheads.
The glamour has faded away, because of the weak main building and the rampant plants growing inside and outside.
His piece on the clamour for new nuclear power stations is dead good.
Grettir as a man almost everywhere lacks the last touches, while the sagaman has simply thrown away the opportunities afforded him by the insinuated amourettes with Steinvor and the daughters of the friendly spirits, and has made a mere _fabliau_ episode of another thing of the kind. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II)
She is decorative, larger than life, a terrific glamourpuss.
She was glitz, glamour and pizzazz ripped from the headlines.
Unfortunately concepts are easier to love and be enamoured of than people.
Road cycling has always had a dedicated following, with many attracted by the glamour of racing.
The noise, the clamour and the characters made it an incredible place to work. Times, Sunday Times
When she and I met, at Heathrow, we were very enamoured of each other.
Hundreds of canoes lay twenty deep along both sides of the Arangi, and each boy, with his box and bell, was clamoured for by scores of relatives and friends. CHAPTER X
Hassop was at ease, relaxed, just a little beglamoured by the idea of intimacy with his puissant chief, just a little intoxicated by the knowledge that his film cannister contained Ben Reich's fate. Wild Dreams of Reality, 5
One's senses become lulled to everything save bliss, for the clank and clamour of life have tiptoed from the room leaving you — I wasn't asleep. Janey Canuck in the West
In Britain, the clamour for a referendum will continue to grow. Times, Sunday Times
It is obvious why he has become the focal point for those clamouring for a change at the top. Times, Sunday Times
However, the show wasn't all glitz and glamour.
A social worker, a doctor and a "sexpert" talk teens through contraception options and sex worries while a teen roving reporter investigates glamour modelling. The Guardian World News
Dolce & Gabbana offers classic glamour with autumnal shades of red and brown and a sparkling diamanté logo (dolcegabbana. com; $374), while Tom Ford's retro aviators are thick-rimmed and resemble ultrachic safety glasses for scientists (tomford. com; $367). The Good Life
Cut out unwanted material of becomes with the crocodilian skin joining together of different color late outfit bag is distinctive, reveal a costly glamour.
Selected French Vocabulary une buvette = refreshment stand plutôt = rather une amourette = passing fancy une causette = a little chat une lichette = a tiny piece, a little taste "a lick Amusette - French Word-A-Day
The enamoured look in her soft, brown eyes lessened the harshness of her behest.
Manchester, by comparison, is a gleaming metropolis of cosmopolitan glamour and dodgy haircuts.
TVs. said previously that consumers are "clamouring" for an online, subscription-based Edge Magazine - Videogames, Game News and Gaming Jobs
Lord Acton's erroneous idea, that Ridolfi was employed by Pius V to obtain Elizabeth's assassination, seems to have arisen from a mistranslation of Gabutio's Latin Life of St. Pius in the Bollandists Cecil eventually discovered the intrigue; Norfolk was beheaded, 2 June, 1572, and the Puritans clamoured for Mary's blood, but in this particular Elizabeth would not gratify them. Mary Queen of Scots
She tries to combat this by living in a world of fantasy, mesmerized by white Hollywood glamour and beauty.
Suddenly the glamour and the glitz went out of the game. The Sun
Divorcing it of its context would strip away much of that heady period glamour to produce a diluted facsimile - even with slavish adherence to the original scripts.
Being reminded of them is one of the great charms of 'Zeitgeist and Glamour: Photography of the 60s and 70s' Prestel, 367 pages, $65 by Nicola Erni. Photo-Op: Young and Restless
A raggle-taggle clamour of children curls by, banging homemade drums and startling an old man who has been praying into his wrinkled brown hands.
However, he was not enamoured of Eden and out of earshot called him ‘the sleeping beauty’.
They epitomised effortless style and glamour.
Up the glamour ante with chandelier earrings. Times, Sunday Times
It’s an American concentration camp, its horrific that the U.S. has become a nation that would permit a kind of clamouring vindictive ‘prison culture’ to exist, a revenge culture that celebrates execution, military strikes, imprisonment, and torture. Firedoglake » The Home of the Brave
Sylvia's position and outlook from this level then, I thrust my way through what I impatiently dismissed as the "flummery"; by which I meant the poetry, the picturesqueness, the sacrosanct glamour surrounding his The Message
And a host of trendy fashion houses are clamouring to be the first to get the designs on their shelves.

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