#43 ambience or ambiance

#43 ambience or ambiance- the atmosphere of a place

-C19 from French ambiance- surrounding

What with the bright lighting and the high ceiling, the ambiance was about as unromantic as she could imagine.

Excited I glowed...
When with my uncles and aunts.
Feeling such a radiance,
In a sheltered ambiance... Lawrence S. Pertillar, from poem entitled 'Ambiance.'

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