elegant

Example Sentences

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The movie has an elegant, almost symmetrical narrative economy.

From The Wall Street Journal

A lighted SyberJet logo hung above the bar, and ornate chandeliers cast the wood-paneled room, designed in elegant grays, in a soft glow.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Why, Dad,” she said carefully, “many thanks. It’s elegant.”

From Literature

Already it had something of the beauty of a full-grown wolf: the slender pale.grey muzzle; large silver ears with their edging of black; elegant, dark-rimmed eyes.

From Literature

In my experience, the yogurt parfait is often more elegant in name than in execution.

From Salon