soignée

Example Sentences

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Three days later, Jack in tow, she would have sashayed into a soignée New York dinner party wearing that 56-carat blue diamond necklace.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2024

In an earlier era, dancers were expected to visit gambling tables between shows, in soignée attire, and mingle with customers.

From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2018

She was a soignée matron, game for some electric color or the flash of a gam, but nothing inappropriate to her age or status.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 1, 2015

The most memorable parts of "The Jackie Look" weren't when she was elucidating the way Onassis has come to serve our cathartic need for a soignée image of catastrophe and survival.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2015

She looked as freshly soignée as she might have looked at eight that evening instead of at one.

From Jason by Forman, Justus Miles