mot

Example Sentences

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Nericcio is usually quick to a bon mot, but his worrisome tone when we talked was something I had never heard in the 15 years we’ve known each other.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

I have a bon mot I frequently employ: cautiously poss-imistic.

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2023

Citizens' Van Saun said the bank is also tightening its appetite for new mortgage credit, but that move is mot as dramatic as that for auto loans.

From Reuters • Jan. 30, 2023

Then, of course, there’s the song’s instantly memed, irresistibly quotable bon mot, “Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby, and I’m a monster on the hill.”

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2022

“Add the occasional bon mot and I’m in.”

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed