haut monde
Example Sentences
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While in Switzerland, she persuades the haut monde that she is a wealthy widow — and earns the admiration of two eligible suitors.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2019
In scenes that included the haut monde, Minnelli was especially brilliant and derisive.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 13, 2015
Scheming in embroidered cloche hats, it sipped tea and fingered jewels while listening to the gossip of the haut monde.
From Slate • Mar. 18, 2014
Bloch-Bauer was rich and, within the Viennese haut monde, well known.
From New York Times • May 24, 2012
Her ladyship was quite taken with him, and remarked to Sir Samuel that there was nothing so fascinating as a French gentleman of the haut monde.
From The Motor Maid by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.