Sentence examples for a chemin from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a chemin" is not correct in standard written English.
It appears to be a mix of English and French, where "chemin" means "path" or "way" in French.
Example: "We need to find a chemin that leads us to the village."
Alternatives: "a path" or "a way".

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These defences were accessed by a wall-walk known as a chemin de ronde.

The keep at Vincennes was highly innovative: six stories high, with a chemin de ronde running around the machicolated battlements, the luxuriously appointed building was protected by an enceinte wall that formed a "fortified envelope" around the keep.

The roof of the keep appears to have originally been sloping or gable-shaped, with a chemin de ronde and parapet on its outer face, but was latter rebuilt with the outer wall raised and the roof replaced by the current, platform-like terrace.

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Among the highlights for sale, starting in New York on Nov. 2, is Magritte's painting "Le Droit Chemin," a 1966 work showing an apple and a massive stone.

A small placard tacked to a post said "Chemin des Gabelous".

Fleming claimed that while there he was cleaned out by a "chief German agent" at a table playing chemin de Fer.

In France we have a saying: "Le chemin se fait en marchant"; the path is made by walking it.

"En Sourdine" is an impressionistic early Fauré that contrasts with the relatively spare "Le Plus Doux Chemin" a late-period work with which Mr. Brancy will open the show.

A third novel, Chemin d'Europe (1960; "The Road from Europe"), tackles the somewhat different problem of a young man who is better educated than his peers but still lacks the skills needed to assure him of success.

After losing a hand of Chemin de Fer to Bond, Trench asks his name.

The sport popular in these rooms is the card game baccarat (a version of which, chemin de fer, was a favourite of James Bond in Ian Fleming's novels).

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