mondaine

Example Sentences

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The aristocratic and spiritual dimensions of painting were giving way to something more fashionable, more mondaine.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023

Mais de la joye mondaine La course est si tressoudaine, Qu'elle passe encor devant L'eau et le traict et le vent.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2022

Malgré sa prétention d'être un asile fermé aux bruits du dehors, Saint-Nicolas était a cette époque la maison la plus brillante et la plus mondaine.

From Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

To an outsider or a mondaine, the Maidonovo routine would have seemed monotonous to a verge of imbecility.

From The Genius by Potter, Margaret Horton

And where fashion reigns the difference between mondaine and demi-mondaine is unfortunately not always apparent.

From Riviera Towns by Gibbons, Herbert Adams