Then she threw me a purse containing three hundred dinars and said to me, 'This is mine and I give it to thee by way of douceur in requital of thy judgment.
George went to police headquarters, and giving a douceur to an attendant, had the "vise" put on his passport at once.
He was, under the Directory, menaced with a prosecution for his pillage, but bought it off by a douceur to Rewbel, Barras, and Siyes.
Our Minister ended his fraternal counsel with obliging Melzi to sign a stipulation for a yearly sum, as a douceur for the place he occupied.
Yes; and you shall soon find that you have nothing to regret in helping me to escape, and sharing with me the douceur we shall receive on presenting it.
Julian accepted the douceur with eagerness--not without profound astonishment at being so generously recompensed for reporting the re-appearance of Arroyo and his band!
At the beginning of each session he was waited upon by the resurrection-men, who offered to supply him regularly with bodies at a fixed price, on the condition that a douceur was paid down at once.
Douceur *Plus fait douceur que violence = Kindness does more than harshness; More flies are caught with honey than with vinegar.
Near them, under the trees, a ragged urchin walked Lord Beachcombe’s horse slowly up and down, hopeful of a bounteous douceur from the noble patron who had kept him so long waiting.
Scenting an intrigue, with the usual accompaniment of a generous douceur for their share in it, they trotted off at a pace that gave their light burden hard work to keep her seat.
The honorarium of 25 louis d'or which our theatrical exchequer can offer you is very small, but I advise you to accept it, and take it upon myself to get you a small douceur from the Grand Duke's privy purse later on.
I can do without the Weimar honorarium and douceur for "Rienzi," which, in any case, would come too late to be of service to me.
One must read the whole little poem which commences thus: Dans la lente douceur d'un soir des derniers jours.
When you are the defendant against the Crown, the attorney or solicitor-general lets you know that such a douceur is requisite to procure such an issue.
You see how well he has succeeded, and now I think the least you can do is to refund the douceur to me.
By giving a handsome douceur to the Sub-Inspector, Kumodini Babu obtained a promise of support, which he was simple enough to rely upon.
The hairdresser naturally grew anxious, the douceur was too good to be lost, and as the widow could not be had, some one must be supplied in her place.
He offered this person a handsome douceur in case of success, and she was to undertake that the lady should meet the gentleman in the most unpremeditated manner.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "douceur" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
