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

A certain lack of tone had crept into the amusements of the haut monde, due, doubtless, to the lack of an acknowledged leader.

From The Works of Max Beerbohm by Beerbohm, Max, Sir