a la mode
Example Sentences
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“He would say they had ‘class à la mode.’
From Washington Times • Apr. 28, 2020
The backdrop is a cubist cityscape; their hair is cropped in the manner of Parisian garçons; and their red lips and shaded eyes are thoroughly à la mode.
From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2018
Don’t miss: The bleu cheese haystack -- a pile of shoestring fries covered in blue cheese and buffalo wing sauce -- and the apple-filled glazed doughnut served à la mode.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2015
Goodbye baked chicken breasts; hello pot roast with chestnut-braised green beans and pumpkin pie à la mode.
From Slate • Dec. 19, 2012
Edward Pendleton's resort, a luxurious establishment down town, was regarded as quite à la mode, and I have heard it said that he had able assistance from social ranks.
From As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Gouverneur, Marian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
