bouffe

Example Sentences

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When the feast is finished, la grande bouffe is done and you can’t imagine ever eating another bite, not even a wafer-thin mint . . . well, you need another drink.

From Washington Post

But 2½ hours of teenage insecurities turned into pop opéra bouffe make for a patience-trying endurance test for all but the most tolerant observers.

From Washington Post

As scandals go, this was minor stuff — more opéra bouffe than outrage.

From New York Times

Here, it seemed, was the opéra bouffe climax of Mr. Trump’s campaign against the media, a bizarro-world spectacle that both encapsulated and parodied the president’s animus toward a major democratic institution.

From New York Times

Then back to one’s seat for diversion in the opportunely unreal world of late 18th-century Viennese opéra bouffe.

From Los Angeles Times