bon mot
Example Sentences
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The character never has to search long for a bon mot.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2023
The bizarre situation elicits Patroclus' zesty bon mot: "What a spring the man has! Nice dive! Think of the oysters he could come up with if he were out at sea …"
From Salon • Nov. 27, 2021
Keynes’s bon mot has a sting in its tail: We can afford anything we can actually do.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2021
The bon mot attributed to Joseph Kennedy—it’s time to sell when the shoeshine boy starts giving stock tips—seems very quaint, and not just because no one has worn leather dress shoes since last March.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2021
I’m an eternal stranger forced to reintroduce myself to her one bon mot at a time.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
