mot juste
Example Sentences
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So the word is out, and it’s le mot juste.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
Gainsbourg is bilingual, but French is her first language; she pauses occasionally in our conversation to search around for le mot juste.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2019
In January, when PhD students jostle for jobs at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association, a “market” might seem the mot juste.
From Economist ● Nov. 24, 2016
They all try to describe James’s distinctive manner of speaking, which was an extremely deliberate, pause-filled, somewhat stammering effort to grasp le mot juste.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 21, 2016
It was so difficult to put precisely. "—and your aunt—" For a time he searched for the mot juste.
From Ann Veronica, a modern love story by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
