beau monde
Example Sentences
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She would sit and talk long into the night with the flamboyant artist Francis Bacon and the rest of that decade's rakish beau monde.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2018
Ronald is very good at detailing the development of luxury hotels and casinos on the French Riviera, and the Goulds’ efforts to create a holiday destination for the beau monde.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2018
Soon stars from Sting to Kate Moss and Jude Law were renting out villas and partying with the beau monde by Shela’s eight-mile-long beach.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2015
To the beau monde who relied on equipage for travel, the quality and beauty of Hermés bridles and harnesses were unrivaled.
From Forbes • Aug. 20, 2014
He ordered that I be bought a new bag-wig, and my mother a whole series of costly dresses a la mode du beau monde.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
