mot juste
Example Sentences
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Gainsbourg is bilingual, but French is her first language; she pauses occasionally in our conversation to search around for le mot juste.
From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2019
And as Barnum ended nearly a century of trying to edit that sense of wonder into the mot juste, he finally nailed it at the end.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2019
She is a fluid writer but not the sort to go in search of le mot juste.
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2018
In January, when PhD students jostle for jobs at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association, a “market” might seem the mot juste.
From Economist • Nov. 24, 2016
He knew the mot juste, the happy figure, the pat allusion.
From Grey Roses by Harland, Henry
