eminence grise
Example Sentences
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To begin with, “it must be said that a lawyer shouldn’t do anything illegal — and that would be enough,” said Attali, an eminence grise at Davos.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2022
He’s not so much an eminence grise as a tracksuit grise.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2019
As a kid, Hogan hovered like a disapproving eminence grise over my fledgling attempts to become a grown-up.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 12, 2018
But the VMAs are not a show that grows up with you, and Ms. Swift was a virtual eminence grise here.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2012
After his political career was destroyed, Mr. Thorpe retired from public life but continued as an eminence grise to the Liberal Party.
From Washington Post
