metier

Example Sentences

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Huneven’s mother was a fierce critic whose métier was the unprovoked insult.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

Already you anticipate that some of these interviews aren’t going to go Leonard’s way as Schrader’s métier, the language of self-excoriating doubt, finds voice.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2024

“Steve Albini wasn’t interested in ‘perfecting’ a song or a performance: His métier was getting the best sound from the equipment and pressing ‘record,’” the Breeders bassist Josephine Wiggs said in a 2008 news release.

From New York Times • May 8, 2024

It “lacks focus and stability,” he wrote, “its métier is bearing witness, demonstrating solidarity.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2023

It isn’t my métier to fight with women.

From The Princess Virginia by Guipon, Leon