How To Use Gallicism In A Sentence
- Brushing aside the Gallicism of his formal dip at her hand, Tender is the Night
- III. i.185 (151,7) [I fly not death, to fly his deadly doom] _To fly his doom_, used for _by flying_, or _in flying_, is a gallicism. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies
- “Another forfeit for a Gallicism,” said a Russian writer who was present. War and Peace
- English he seemed to write as readily as French, although a strong Gallicism would every now and then slip from his pen, as it slipped from his tongue. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861
- On the other hand, in The King's English, orient is criticised as a 'Gallicism'. On being orient(at)ed
- Though her English is fluent, I assumed this somewhat peculiar phrase was a Gallicism, and I merely nodded solemnly in agreement. Winners
- I shall not discuss the cause of this change in the use of the possessive, though it seems to me an evident Gallicism, nor shall I open the question of whether it is a mere passing fad or the beginning of an actual alteration in the language. A Librarian's Open Shelf
- We also tossed the narcissistic Gallicism “memoir,” which we decided was a linguistic mongrel of “me” and “moi.” Last Words
- The text is larded with distracting verbal tics, including a smattering of needless Gallicisms—such as noting that she had problems with her "foie" aka, liver—local color thickened to impasto. The Sound of France
- In one of these trimly built cars was a party of four young men whose spirits seemed to be at present well above the level of successful Gallicism: in fact, these four young men were almost hilarious. Dubliners
