Sample sentences for VERSAILLES

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Definition

a wealthy suburb of Paris; or the palace built there by Louis XIV when Versailles was the capital city

Today, Versailles is one of France's most popular tourist attractions.

After the revolution, Versailles was used as a repository for state-owned art treasures.
As a mob chased her, Marie-Antoinette escaped Versailles through a secret passage.
Archer did not accompany his son to Versailles.
Edith Wharton -- The Age of Innocence
They visited the, Rodin Museum, sat through afternoon mass at Notre-Dame, took a bus out to Versailles.
Tim O'Brien -- Going After Cacciato
The legacy of Versailles!
William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
I was a minister at the time of the Versailles Treaty and a close friend of Mr. Lloyd-George, who was the head of the British delegation at Versailles.
Winston Churchill -- Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
As a youth he had accompanied embassies to Versailles and Rome; he had fought in the wars in Austria; he had been in Jerusalem.
Thornton Wilder -- The Bridge of San Luis Rey
To call the place an anthill would be like calling Versailles Palace a single-family home.
Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle
He wanted very much to see Versailles again; he was very fond of the ancient regime.
Henry James -- The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 2
Fashion, art, architecture-ah, Versailles!
James Patterson -- Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
It reminds Lourdes of a photograph she saw once of the famous Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles with its endless ricocheting light.
Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban
In their soft glances, I see what men strove to realize in some Versailles,[482] or Paphos,[483] or Ctesiphon.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Selected Essays
"And Versailles—the King's Gallery is some such gorgeous room, is it not?"
Thomas Hardy -- The Return of the Native
Do you know how to get to Versailles?
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
I'm sure you have heard of the French aristocracy and the Court of Versailles.
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
Let me tell you, Versailles is a small, small town.
Meg Cabot -- The Princess Diaries
As I had nothing more to do at Versailles, I went to Auteuil, and gained all the information I could.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
At Gravier's where they ate, and in the evening at the Versailles or at the Closerie des Lilas Clutton was inclined to taciturnity.
W. Somerset Maugham -- Of Human Bondage
The one tribute he received was a letter from Versailles, a letter Adams treasured.
David McCullough -- John Adams

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