Sentence examples for exactly gallant from inspiring English sources
But a century ago, the painting's fame was restricted to the west, where she had been buoyed up on clouds of romantic hype ever since Walter Pater wrote in 1869: "She is older than the rocks among which she sits, like the vampire she has been dead many times...". which although not exactly gallant, broadcast her strange allure to hundreds of thousands.
But then Landale and Morgan weren't exactly gallants vying for the same woman.
I tried to get Gallant on the phone to see what, exactly, he plans to do about this.
That is, he was acting like what he imagined her idea of a French guy was — trying to play down the perfidy by acting gallant, not knowing that this kind of gallantry is exactly what we mean by perfidy.
Exactly five years ago, in February, 2009, I travelled to Paris to interview Mavis Gallant for Granta.
By Jhumpa Lahiri February 20 , 2014Exactly five years ago, in February, 2009, I travelled to Paris to interview Mavis Gallant for Granta.
Courtesy of Mavis Gallant.
