bijou

Example Sentences

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

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2022

After his friends go home, he makes for his bedroom, a bijou space to the rear of the apartment that’s appointed with a simple antique Iranian table and a Flos Parentesi lamp.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2022

The bijou dwelling is an example of what campaigners say is a growing phenomenon of micro-homes, driven by high rent and property prices.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2022

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

From Slate • Sep. 4, 2018

The President-elect was living in a very small house in Willet Street, what we should call a bijou residence.

From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix