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Example sentences for "mieux"

Lexicographically close words:
miembros; mien; mientras; mies; mieulx; miex; miffed; mig; mighdt; might
  1. Paris est le lieu du monde où l'on peut le mieux se passer de bonheur;--in that case it will suit me admirably.

  2. On rend mieux compte de ce qu'on a senti que de ce qu'on sent.

  3. On this passage Voltaire remarks, "Peut on mieux imiter Sappho?

  4. But acting on the old Huguenot motto, "Mieux vaut quitter patrie que foi," they chose exile rather than renounce their religion.

  5. Elle recule pour mieux sauter, but at the present moment, as she kindly causes it to be understood that no encroachment is being made on her valuable time, you do not hesitate to ask for some details of her literary life.

  6. Tendre Il vaut mieux tendre la main que le cou = It is better to beg than to steal.

  7. Mariage d’épervier, la femelle vaut mieux que le mâle = The grey mare is the better horse.

  8. Il vaut mieux avoir affaire à Dieu qu’à ses saints = It is better to deal with superiors than subordinates.

  9. Deux avis valent mieux qu’un = Two heads are better than one.

  10. Elle est mieux que sa sœur = She is prettier than her sister.

  11. Enterrer *Mieux vaut goujat debout qu’empereur enterré = A living dog is better than a dead lion.

  12. Mieux vaut ami en voie que denier en courroie = A friend at court is better than money.

  13. Ils criaient à qui mieux mieux = Each was trying to shout louder than the other; Each tried to drown the others’ voices.

  14. Ceinture *Bonne renommée vaut mieux que ceinture dorée = A good name is better than riches; He who has lost his reputation is a dead man among the living.

  15. Debout *Mieux vaut goujat debout qu’empereur enterré = “A living dog is better than a dead lion.

  16. Montefiore of England, Crémieux of France, and Rabbi Philippson of Germany had been invited, but they failed to come.

  17. Crémieux in France and Rabbi Philippson in Germany appealed to the public.


  18. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mieux" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.