| In 1793, the Convention confirmed the fait accompli, and the time of the lords rapidly became a mere folk memory. |
| The offspring may be presented with a fait accompli, or possibly a choice of partner, but it is made clear she has to marry. |
| For the unique problem of the Eurasian is that the crossing of the racial boundary is a fait accompli. |
| If the idea here is to create a closed acoustic space, then it's a fait accompli. |
| Despite their rhetorical bluster at the rallies, there is every sign that the unions already regard the new legislation as a fait accompli. |
| Without banns or a wedding ceremony, he took her for his wife merely by declaring the deed a fait accompli. |
