the dansant

Example Sentences

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There were dresses for a thé dansant, dainty and frosted, in a macaron palette.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 21, 2016

That afternoon before the thé dansant hour he called at the Goodchild residence.

From H. R. by Lefevre, Edwin

The huge room was filling rapidly; it was the hour of the thé dansant.

From Juggernaut by Campbell, Alice

Another beautiful brand new day to play with, a day full of delightful, adventurous surprises--a débutante's luncheon, a matinée, a thé dansant, a dinner, too.

From Out of the Ashes by Mumford, Ethel Watts

Of course," he admitted, "we are not at a thé dansant or a cabaret.

From Bertram Cope's Year by Fuller, Henry Blake