bijou

Example Sentences

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"We've kind of wanted to stay a very bijou, boutique studio... we're not too big, we're quite keen to stay a sensible size where everyone can feel like they're involved."

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

“Watermark is also a must,” says Maul of the bijou bookstore.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2022

The bedrooms are bijou, with a clean, functional feel: bare brick painted brilliant white, wiring hidden in aluminium tubes, TV, coffee and tea things on a small chest of drawers.

From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2019

And yet, there’s something undeniably and delightfully bijou about seeing a tot outfitted in Seventh Avenue finery.

From Slate • Sep. 4, 2018

Yes, that's true! you seemed to me such a fragile little thing, so adorable and so rare—a bijou in fact, an exquisite little bijou.

From Bijou by Gyp