Sentence examples of "étant" in French

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Je suis beaucoup allé skier, étant enfant. I went skiing a lot as a kid.
Étant un homme marié, il doit penser à l'avenir. As a married man, he must think of the future.
Tom dit qu'il peut vivre décemment en étant musicien de rue. Tom says he can make a decent living as a sidewalk musician.
Étant donné la pluie et un hôtel pourri, nous n'avons pas vraiment goûté nos vacances. What with the rain and a bad hotel, we didn't enjoy our holiday much.
Personne n'atteint au succès ou au bonheur en étant forcé de faire ce qu'il répugne naturellement à faire. No person achieves success or happiness when compelled to do what he naturally dislikes to do.
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