This roused interest in the piece, and convinced people "que le comique raisonne etait preferable au comique trivial.
Il etait tres doux avec maman et avec moi" was all the boy could be got to say; and the only time Ravachol broke down during his detention and trial was at the sight of this little one.
Voltaire defined his talent in the words: "Ce que Regnard etait a l'egard de Moliere dans la haute comedie, le comedien Dancourt l'etait dans la farce.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "etait" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
