Get to know Giscard better with 10+ real example sentences.
Giscard in a sentence
Using Giscard
- In the example corpus, giscard often appears in combinations such as: giscard d'estaing, valery giscard, giscard estaing.
Context around Giscard
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Giscard
- In this selection, "giscard" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, valery, president, union, worked, traced and destaing stand out and add context to how "giscard" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include giscard d estaing and president valery giscard d estaing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "giscard" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with giscard
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Giscard has always blamed Chirac for his defeat. (8 words)
Chirac told the Socialist candidate that he wanted to "get rid of Giscard". (13 words)
Edmond Giscard traced his lineage to a noble family that thrived before the French Revolution. (15 words)
France’s former president Valery Giscard d’Estaing, credited with leading social and technological reform of the country and placing it at the heart of Europe, was laid to rest Saturday in a low-key funeral attended only by family and his close circle. (44 words)
De Decker is also known for her photos of celebrities such as actors Catherine Deneuve and Charlotte Rampling, singer Serge Gainsbourg, Caroline of Monaco and France's former president, Valery Giscard d'Estaing. (33 words)
As president, Giscard worked with German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt to launch the European Monetary System, which had fixed pegs between the region's currencies before monetary union and the euro. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
De Decker is also known for her photos of celebrities such as actors Catherine Deneuve and Charlotte Rampling, singer Serge Gainsbourg, Caroline of Monaco and France's former president, Valery Giscard d'Estaing.
As president, Giscard worked with German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt to launch the European Monetary System, which had fixed pegs between the region's currencies before monetary union and the euro.
Barely 24 hours before Britain becomes the first country to quit the European Union, Giscard d'Estaing called it a "step backward" geopolitically, but took the long view.
Edmond Giscard traced his lineage to a noble family that thrived before the French Revolution.
Former French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing has died at the age of 94 after contracting the coronavirus.
France’s former president Valery Giscard d’Estaing, credited with leading social and technological reform of the country and placing it at the heart of Europe, was laid to rest Saturday in a low-key funeral attended only by family and his close circle.
French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to his predecessor, saying Giscard’s seven-year term had “transformed France”.
Giscard d’Estaing is elected president with 50.8 percent of the vote against 49.2 percent for the Socialist François Mitterrand.
Giscard’s French lawyer said last week that the former French leader “retains no memory” of the alleged incident.
The castle has been classified as a historic monument since 1945 and in 2012 became property of the Foundation Valery Giscard dEstaing.
After 1981, the relationship between the two men became tense, with Giscard, even though he was in the same government coalition as Chirac, criticising Chirac's actions openly.
Chirac and others published the call of the 43 in favour of Giscard d'Estaing, the leader of the non-Gaullist part of the parliamentary majority.
Chirac told the Socialist candidate that he wanted to "get rid of Giscard".
During the national TV debate, Giscard d'Estaing criticized him as being "a man of the past", due to his long political career.
Former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was appointed Chairman, former Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato and former Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene were appointed Vice-Chairmen.
Giscard d'Estaing's presidency provided a more pronounced support for Morocco and relations reached their zenith leading to a type of partnership in the affairs of Africa.
Giscard d'Estaing was elected as Pompidou's successor after France's most competitive election campaign in years.
Giscard has always blamed Chirac for his defeat.
However, as Giscard had been knocked out, Chirac appeared as the principal leader of the right-wing opposition.
The French-Moroccan intervention in Zaire was evidence of this partnership and President Giscard d'Estaing was in favour of Morocco's annexation of the Western Sahara.
Common combinations with giscard
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- giscard d'estaing 8×
- valery giscard 6×
- giscard estaing 5×
- president giscard 3×
- of giscard 2×