Sentence examples of "vint" in French

<>
Une bonne idée me vint. A happy idea came upon me.
Aristote soutenait que les femmes ont moins de dents que les hommes ; bien qu'il fût marié par deux fois, il ne lui vint jamais à l'esprit de vérifier son affirmation en examinant les bouches de ses épouses. Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.
Cela me vint spontanément à l'esprit. It occurred to me spontaneously.
Personne ne vint m'aider. Nobody came to help me.
Une idée me vint à l'esprit. An idea occurred to me.
Sa mère vint le chercher. His mother came to pick him up.
Soudain, il me vint une bonne idée. Suddenly, a good idea occurred to me.
Il lui vint une bonne idée. A good idea came to him.
Une idée brillante me vint à l'esprit. A bright idea occurred to me.
Il vint quelques jours plus tard. A few days later, he came.
Une merveilleuse idée me vint à l'esprit. A wonderful idea occurred to me.
Monsieur Wood vint dans le champ. Mr Wood came into the field.
Une bonne idée lui vint à l'esprit. A good idea occurred to him.
Après l'éclair vint le tonnerre. After the lightning, came the thunder.
Il vint d'un autre pays. He came from another country.
Un garçon vint en courant vers moi. A boy came running toward me.
Il vint nous prier de l'aider. He came to ask us to help him.
Il en vint à me considérer différemment. He came to see me in a different way.
Le chien vint vers moi en courant. The dog came running to me.
Elle ne vint pas avant deux heures. She did not come until two.
Examples of word usage in different contexts are provided solely for linguistic purposes, i.e. to study word usage in a sentence in one language and how they can be translated into another. All samples are automatically collected from a variety of publicly available open sources using bilingual search technologies.
If you find a spelling, punctuation or any other error in the original or translation, use the "Report a problem" option or write to us.

In this section, you can see how words and expressions are used in different contexts using examples of translations made by professionals. The Contexts section will help you learn English, German, Spanish and other languages. Here you can find examples with phrasal verbs and idioms in texts that vary in style and theme. Examples can be sorted by translations and topics.

Learn foreign languages, see the translation of millions of words and expressions, and use them in your e-mail communication.