How to Use Gallic in a Sentence

Gallic

adjective
  • While in the air, guests will be served high-end French food and quaffable Gallic wines.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Sparkling wine, club soda, a touch of lemon, and an orange peel round out this refreshing Gallic cocktail.
    Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2023
  • But if its reach is international, its roots are firmly Gallic.
    Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2023
  • By all accounts, artist and elephant shared the same Gallic urbanity and optimistic outlook.
    Penelope Green, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • There are Gallic gasps, too, at the bike crashes, boxing big hits and other assorted crunching sporting moments included in this tape.
    NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • There was the range, the effortless jumping around octaves, and the subtle but discernible Gallic lilt, lending centuries of yearning to her bell-like clarity.
    Daphne Merkin, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2023
  • For over a decade, the 10 to Watch program has amplified the voices redefining Gallic cinema.
    Ben Croll, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Researchers said the image is a clear depiction of the Romans’ victory over the Gallic people in northeastern France.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 19 July 2024
  • To complete the look, the founder of Rare Beauty naturally chose to lacquer her lips in a fire-engine red, the true hallmark of Gallic insouciance.
    Georgia Day, Glamour, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Chef de cuisine Ahmed Ibrahim is a native of Egypt with three science degrees and a restaurant résumé sans prior Gallic examples.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
  • The influx of cash from the French government and EU may help Gallic winemakers now, but there remain plenty of headwinds for them in the future.
    Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The vines along the bottom of the image, called a frieze, are also similar to other Gallic sites where they were carved into monumental public buildings, officials said.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 19 July 2024
  • It was inhabited by a Gallic tribe called the Parisii before being conquered by the Roman Empire in the first century.
    Anna Gordon, TIME, 26 July 2024
  • But to hear the Gallic helmer tell it, the Netflix film is far from a capitulation to Hollywood but in fact a sly act of cinematic subversion.
    Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
  • The skeletal remains of dogs, sheep and pigs have also been found as part of the complex, suggesting the area may have been close to a place of worship during the later Gallic period, according to the release.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
  • As part of Imax’s latest Gallic invasion, the theater technologies company has also agreed to show three upcoming Pathé movies across its network.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The old-school Gallic interiors (white cloths, lacquered bar, umpteen empty plonk bottles) give way to a more robustly British menu (but an entirely French and truly enormous wine list).
    Tom Howells, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The tradition traces its roots to antiquity, when Egyptian pharaohs, biblical kings and Gallic chiefs alike were inaugurated as rulers in public ceremonies.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2023
  • The death of English actress, singer-songwriter, and Gallic fashion plate Jane Birkin at the age of 76 has deprived the world of one of its most luminous and unconventional idols.
    Erik Morse, Vogue, 20 July 2023
  • This is why — even while France’s gung-ho message receives a welcome audience among the states nearest to Russia — Germany does not take kindly to what one official described as Gallic grandstanding.
    Ania Nussbaum, Fortune Europe, 16 Apr. 2024
  • In a certain light, streaming platforms have offered Gallic toons an incredible stage, with local animation accounting for more than 40% of France’s most popular global content.
    Ben Croll, Variety, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Overall, 58 feature projects were presented (and 16 countries encompassed), and — in a testament to France’s robust animation ecosystem — Gallic outfits had a hand in nearly half of them.
    Ben Croll, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023

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