bon mot
Example Sentences
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Nericcio is usually quick to a bon mot, but his worrisome tone when we talked was something I had never heard in the 15 years we’ve known each other.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025
Economists would point to the folly of a course of action, and he would pull out a bon mot or caricature them as “the doubters, the doomsters, the gloomsters.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2022
What a generous read on your own bon mot being stolen from you.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2022
I’ve thought about that bon mot a lot during this movie season, where so many stars seem to be swinging for the fences.
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021
He jotted down this bon mot with his pencil nub.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
