mot juste
Example Sentences
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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
Searching, like Flaubert, for le seul mot juste, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. offered “tawdry” and “distasteful” to describe McDonnell’s behavior.
From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2016
“Snoots are those who are nit-pickers for the mot juste, for using a word precisely the way it should be used,” he explained.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2015
He knew the mot juste, the happy figure, the pat allusion.
From Grey Roses by Harland, Henry
