Examples of quai in a Sentence
the tour boat pulled up to the quai on the left bank of the Seine
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Rick Warner, the director of film studies at the University of North Carolina, deliberately selects films with slow pacing and subtle details, such as Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, a three-hour movie that mostly follows a woman doing chores in her apartment.
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Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
The quai there was badly lit, the curb stacked with boards left over from a construction project.
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Bill Buford,
The New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2020
Despite her resolve to give up, however, a blue-eyed, homeless Frenchman rescues her onto the quai and initiates her inward awakening.
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Kate Betts,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2017
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Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
The quai there was badly lit, the curb stacked with boards left over from a construction project.
—
Bill Buford,
The New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2020
Despite her resolve to give up, however, a blue-eyed, homeless Frenchman rescues her onto the quai and initiates her inward awakening.
—
Kate Betts,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2017
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“Quai.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quai. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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