beau monde

Example Sentences

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The largest are more than 10 feet tall, and they’re profuse with Mediterranean color that must have startled the Russian beau monde at cocktail hour.

From New York Times

If there were a moment that epitomized the English beau monde’s self-styled insouciance in the face of the London Blitz, it took place in April 1941, at the Savoy Hotel.

From New York Times

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

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

But though it is the glittering beau monde which draws the reader’s eye, this story is more about those who served them, and the rise of the less-glittering services industry.

From Economist