John de Laet speaks of "petites pierres verdes" worn in the lower lip by the Brazilians.
Especially this woman, what an absorbing creature he made her--and the big human ideas he injected into these petites histoires.
To find private lodgings, you have only to cast your eye on the daily advertiser of Paris, called Les Petites Affiches.
And since when has it been forbidden to us young men of the court to make love to the petites bourgeoises, to the young girls of the lower orders?
The roués of those days preferred to have their petites maisons in the faubourgs, or in the country--altogether outside the city.
We were informed that a great many of the English soldiers at Cambray, and elsewhere, had taken wives from among the paysannes, but that the petites bourgeoises did not listen so favourably to their vows.
The dress of the petites bourgeoises is quite distinct from that of every other rank of person; it is rather smart and neat than otherwise, but not at all picturesque.
We went one evening to the theatre, and observed the same dearth of beauty among the audience, which chiefly consisted of petites bourgeoises, and officers of the national guards.
Near them, four Arabs, swathed in spotless burnooses, their bare feet encased in sandals, sip in silence their steaming petites tasses of cafe Maure.
This artist was only one of many who cursed the public for their financial appreciation of popular modern art, which he termed "des petites cochonneries!
These petites femmes of the Butte glide by with the quickness of an area cat.
There is also a study by Bégule of Fontenay in the Petites Monographies series published by H.
Il y a deux petites chambres passables, car elles sont de la grandeur d'un homme en quarré; il y en a deux autres qui ont chacune huict pieds; mais il y a deux lits en chaque chambre.
On the coast are Grandes and Petites Dalles, small places where the bathing is the chief attraction of the visitor.
It is called Les Petites Pierres Couvertes, and is similar in construction to the large one, but not a quarter its size.
The wind had risen violently as we sat, in the sun, beside the Petites Pierres, and our walk back to Saumur promised us a great deal of dust, for we saw it eddying in the valleys beneath, like wreaths of mist.
This was the origin of the "petites écoles" of Canada.
Souart during his superiority, made several foundations, among others the steps for the commencement of the establishment of les petites écoles.
Besides these teachers named there were others, either simple clerics or laymen, who furthered the work of the director of the petites écoles.
I should not have objected to the mere surface dirt of grubbing in the farmyard (shocking as it may sound to you, Mademoiselle mes Petites Filles).
They are des petites cadeaux," said he, "but it would be an indiscretion for me to say more.
See how les petites cheries step out for the credit of their master.
In France this has given rise to the expression, "Les petites demoiselles aux pompons rouges," or the Little Ladies of the red tassels.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "petites" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
