Sentence examples of "sonner" in French

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On a écouté la cloche sonner. We listened to the bell ring.
La pendule vient de sonner dix coups. The clock has just struck ten.
Le temps n'a aucune division qui marque son passage, il n'y a jamais de tempête ni d'éclat des trompettes pour annoncer le début d'un nouveau mois ou d'une nouvelle année. Même lorsqu'un siècle commence, ce ne sont que nous, mortels, qui faisons sonner les cloches et envoyons des salves de fusils. Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.
Le téléphone ne cessait de sonner. The phone kept ringing.
J'ai entendu le téléphone sonner. I heard the telephone ringing.
Pourquoi ne pas la sonner maintenant ? Why not ring her up now?
La cloche est en train de sonner. The bell is ringing.
Le téléphone était juste en train de sonner, non ? The telephone was just ringing, wasn't it?
Fais sonner la cloche dès que tu me veux. Ring the bell when you want me.
À ce moment, j'ai entendu le téléphone sonner. Just then, I heard the telephone ring.
Dès qu'elle l'entendit sonner, elle décrocha le téléphone. As soon as she heard the bell ring, she answered the telephone.
J'ai entendu sonner la cloche de la porte de l'entrée. I heard the front doorbell ring.
Je venais de me mettre au lit quand le téléphone commença à sonner. I had hardly gotten into bed when the telephone began to ring.
"Le téléphone sonne". "Je prends". "The phone is ringing." "I'll get it."
Une guitare électrique sonne différemment d'une acoustique. An electric guitar doesn't sound the same as an acoustic one.
La pendule sonne quatre heures. The clock is striking four.
J'ai continué à dormir parce que mon alarme n'a pas sonné. I overslept because my alarm didn't go off.
Le téléphone a sonné longtemps. The phone rang for a long time.
Je pense que la phrase sonnerait plus naturelle comme ça. I think the sentence would sound more natural like that.
La pendule sonna les dix coups. The clock struck ten.
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