Sentence examples of "pointe" in French

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J'étais pris dans les transports à l'heure de pointe. I was caught in the rush hour.
Kate essaye de marcher sur la pointe des pieds. Kate tries to walk on tiptoe.
Pendant l'heure de pointe, la circulation à Tokyo est dense. During the rush hours in Tokyo, traffic is heavy.
Je marchais sur la pointe des pieds pour ne pas réveiller le bébé. I walked on tiptoe so as not to wake the baby.
Je préférerais partir tôt plutôt que prendre le train aux heures de pointe. I would rather leave early than travel on rush-hour trains.
Un embouteillage durant les heures de pointe a retardé mon arrivée de deux heures. A rush-hour traffic jam delayed my arrival by two hours.
Aux heures de pointe, il nous est difficile de trouver un taxi par ici. During the rush hours we find it difficult to get a taxi around here.
Il y a une pointe de rouge dans le ciel oriental. There is a tinge of red in the eastern sky.
Enfant, j'ai passé plusieurs années en Indonésie et entendu l'appel de l'adhan à la pointe de l'aube et à la tombée du crépuscule. As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and the fall of dusk.
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