bon mot
Example Sentences
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Wordplay, aphorisms and bon mots were Stoppard’s signature.
From Los Angeles Times
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
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
“Personally I think it is a sad thing for baseball there are not more bon mots and repartees of the sort,” Hughes wrote.
From New York Times
Keynes’s bon mot has a sting in its tail: We can afford anything we can actually do.
From New York Times
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