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How to use franc in a sentence

20 example sentences · noun

Franc means any of several units of currency. Example: “The last 50 franc note, released in 1993, features Saint-Exupéry and a depiction of The Little Prince.”

Examples of franc by meaning

nounAny of several units of currency.

  • The last 50 franc note, released in 1993, features Saint-Exupéry and a depiction of The Little Prince.

More sentences with franc

  • The pound does not benefit from safe-haven status like the Swiss franc or Japanese yen.2020 March 19, Marcus Ashworth, “Cheap Sterling Has Reasons to Be Cheaper”, in The Washington Post. From the entry flipside
  • Women are paid 4 francs and given a flatcake as well.2013, Albert Camus, Algerian Chronicles, Translated by Arthur Goldhammer. From the entry flatcake
  • According to Jagerson, the Swiss franc is particularly sensitive to the Treasury's 10-year T-note.2010, Sandy Franks, Sara Nunnally, Barnbarians of Wealth, page 353. From the entry Swissie
  • I'd be lucky to get as much as a franc for one painting.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 647. From the entry soldo
  • What did you pay?" "Ten thousand francs apiece." "But, Irma, that's preposterous!1942, Upton Sinclair, Dragon's Teeth. From the entry for the love of Mike
  • When you have a hundred francs in the world you are liable to the most craven panics.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter III, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz…. From the entry indifferent
  • The Front National won the French elections with calls for an immediate restoration of the franc and a referendum on Frexit.2014 June, World Commerce Review, volume 8, number 2, page 3. From the entry Frexit
  • The red, mostly merlot but with dollops of cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc, is berryish, beefy, concentrated and soft.2009 August 23, Howard G. Goldberg, “The Nautical Spirit”, in New York Times. From the entry berryish
  • The next day Lalitha complained of a shoebite and we spent thirty six francs by taxi to buy inexpensive open sandals!2000, Alladi Ramakrishnan, The Alladi diary: Ekamra Nivas to MATSCIENCE, page 179. From the entry shoebite
  • The artist said: "Well! you'll go out and buy for me five francs' worth of wax-candles while I go and see the cooper."2013, Guy de Maupassant, The Entire Original Maupassant Short. From the entry wax-candle
  • Franc Moretti was a big man.2010, Codis II Hampton, Unchon-ni. From the entry round-like
  • As thus used by Esperantists before the First World War, the spesmilo equalled 50 American cents, 1 Russian rouble, or 2½ Swiss francs.1987, Adrian Room, “spesmilo”, in Dictionary of Coin Names, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge & Kegan Paul, →ISBN, page 202. From the entry spesmilo
  • Bond reflected on the problem as he collected the sheaf of hundred thousand and then the sheaves of ten thousand franc notes.1953, Ian Fleming, “The Secret Agent”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 8. From the entry sheaf
  • When you have only three francs you are quite indifferent; for three francs will feed you till tomorrow, and you cannot think further than that.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter III, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz…. From the entry indifferent
  • For our meals we joined the French officers in the station buffet, where we were excellently fed for 5 francs, which included déjeûner and dinner.1916, Herbert A[rthur] Stewart, From Mons to Loos: Being the Diary of a Supply Officer, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons…. From the entry déjeûner
  • This confidence so daintily tossed to the baron, in the fashion of a postscriptum, was evidently the compensation for five thousand francs.1900, Honoré de Balzac, Anatole Cerfberr, La Comédie Humaine: Now for the First Time Completely Translated Into English. From the entry postscriptum
  • This imitation Dahomey trifle mispegged at two hundred francs at its debut, falls to forty, hovers at fifty and ends up in the hands of a souvenir bug.1952, John Crowe Ransom, The Kenyon Review - Volume 14, page 143. From the entry mispeg
  • On being kicked the girl fell desperately in love with Henri, and for a fortnight they lived together and spent a thousand francs of Henri's money.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter I, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […]…. From the entry fortnight
  • Valeria went to a bank, where, after much confusionary explanation, and a quarter of an hour's waiting, she emerged with five thousand francs, and some silver and pence.1910, Annie Vivanti, The Devourers, page 188. From the entry confusionary

Meaning of franc

  1. noun Any of several units of currency.

Full definition of franc

Questions about franc in a sentence

How do you use franc in a sentence?
Franc is used as a noun. For example: “The last 50 franc note, released in 1993, features Saint-Exupéry and a depiction of The Little Prince.”
What is a short sentence with franc?
“Franc Moretti was a big man.”
What does franc mean?
Franc means any of several units of currency.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: franc (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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