How do you use Poivre in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.
Poivre in a sentence
Using Poivre
- In the example corpus, poivre often appears in combinations such as: au poivre.
Context around Poivre
- Average sentence length in these examples: 34 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Poivre
- In this selection, "poivre" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 34 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, meets, convert and main stand out and add context to how "poivre" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an au poivre meets bordelaise and côte du poivre convert beyond. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "poivre" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with poivre
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The steak was perfectly cooked and topped with sauce du Clermont, which tasted like an au poivre meets bordelaise sauce. (20 words)
On the right bank an attack on Côte-du-Poivre main failed.sfn In March the German attacks had no advantage of surprise and faced a determined and well-supplied adversary in superior defensive positions. (35 words)
By the night of 16/17 December, the French had consolidated a new line from Bezonvaux to Côte du Poivre, convert beyond Douaumont and convert north of Fort Vaux, before the German reserves and Eingreif main units could counter-attack. (40 words)
Not sure if I have enjoyed a rice pilaf or a steak au poivre quite as much as I did, having a direct table view of a resplendent-in-white Nicole, one of the only actual remaining old-school movie stars. (41 words)
By the night of 16/17 December, the French had consolidated a new line from Bezonvaux to Côte du Poivre, convert beyond Douaumont and convert north of Fort Vaux, before the German reserves and Eingreif main units could counter-attack. (40 words)
On the right bank an attack on Côte-du-Poivre main failed.sfn In March the German attacks had no advantage of surprise and faced a determined and well-supplied adversary in superior defensive positions. (35 words)
Example sentences (4)
Not sure if I have enjoyed a rice pilaf or a steak au poivre quite as much as I did, having a direct table view of a resplendent-in-white Nicole, one of the only actual remaining old-school movie stars.
The steak was perfectly cooked and topped with sauce du Clermont, which tasted like an au poivre meets bordelaise sauce.
By the night of 16/17 December, the French had consolidated a new line from Bezonvaux to Côte du Poivre, convert beyond Douaumont and convert north of Fort Vaux, before the German reserves and Eingreif main units could counter-attack.
On the right bank an attack on Côte-du-Poivre main failed.sfn In March the German attacks had no advantage of surprise and faced a determined and well-supplied adversary in superior defensive positions.
Common combinations with poivre
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- au poivre 2×