savoir faire

The Spanish champions have the experience, the savoir faire, the heritage, the money time mentality and the talent.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024

He was equally entranced by the women Capote referred to as his Swans, self-created creatures whom he admired for their style, wealth and savoir faire.

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2024

It all comes together at L’Oursin, where Proville applies French savoir faire to salmon, scallops, sea urchin, Dungeness crab and more with spectacular results.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2017

That’s what Don tells Peggy when she gives up her baby, and what Don’s life represents: An utter severing of past and present, of Dick from Don, of pain from savoir faire.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2015

She was fond of the girl—very—yet there were times when she could not but feel secretly angry with her; she had too much savoir faire, however, to let any trace of it appear.

From The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising by Mitford, Bertram

When Hollywood deities Grace Kelly and Cary Grant were shown cruising along the French Riviera in a beautiful, sleek Sunbeam Alpine in To Catch a Thief, for example, they epitomised silver-screen elegance and savoir-faire.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

An institution near rue Mouffetard, La Tuile à Loup cultivates beauty by preserving the savoir-faire of traditional artisans in the countryside.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2021

Why to go: Joie de vivre, savoir-faire, and that je ne sais quoi … There’s a reason France is the most visited country in the world.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2020

For those who aspire to be guardians and stewards of French savoir-faire, what better way to prove it?

From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2019

He was painfully aware that he lacked the ecclesiastical aplomb and savoir-faire that enabled so many of his colleagues in other faiths and sects to get ahead.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller