Scarcely had the commissionnaire taken his leave, when the door of the antechamber was opened, and a lackey announced: "Madame, her royal highness the Duchess of Orleans!
Moreover, here is my license as commissionnaire from the Signiory.
Conrad opened the door and signed to some one without, when the commissionnaire advanced and bowed.
My lord, I have found a commissionnaire for you; one who professes to know Venice and its golden book by heart.
During my sister's visit to you this afternoon I noticed the blouse and cap of a commissionnaire lying in a bundle in a corner of your room.
I often affected a disguise in those days, even when I was not engaged in business, and the dress and get-up of a respectable commissionnaire was a favourite one with me.
A commissionnaire remains all night in a little lodge at the foot of the stairs, and is in the habit of making coffee at his spirit-lamp for any of the officials who may be working over time.
I went down the stairs and into the hall, where I found the commissionnaire fast asleep in his box, with the kettle boiling furiously upon the spirit-lamp.
The commissionnaire and his wife have been examined in every way without any light being thrown upon the matter.
A few minutes elapsed, as you remember, before the sleepy commissionnaire drew your attention to the bell, and those were just enough to give the thief time to make his escape.
The cab stopped a few minutes later outside what seemed to be a private house except for the presence of a commissionnaire upon the pavement.
They were standing in the little hall, and the commissionnaire was blowing his whistle for a taxi.
The commissionnaire raised his whistle to his lips, but Louise stopped him.
Before this ceremony the sexton came and unlocked the pew we occupied, and I discovered for the first time that I and the commissionnaire had been all that time locked in.
Later, two Englishmen wishing to see the museum, their commissionnaire came to know if I would not like to have them go at the same time, which would reduce the price of the tickets by two thirds.
It was five o'clock when we landed, and before seven I had driven with the commissionnaire to each one of the four first-class hotels in Copenhagen in search of sunny rooms.
I think all eleven were crying by this time, and I couldn't stand it; so at the third baby I signed to my commissionnaire that we would go, and we slipped out as quietly as we could.
A commissionnaire with a shining beaver hat stood on the shore to meet us, we having been passed on with "recommendations" from the kindly people of the Scandinavie in Christiania to the King of Denmark Hotel people in Copenhagen.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "commissionnaire" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
