bijou

Example Sentences

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This year's search showcased a variety of home styles including quirky conversions, grand designs, period renovations and bijou pads.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2023

“Watermark is also a must,” says Maul of the bijou bookstore.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2022

After his friends go home, he makes for his bedroom, a bijou space to the rear of the apartment that’s appointed with a simple antique Iranian table and a Flos Parentesi lamp.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2022

We do not wonder that Mr. Morton’s face beams in satisfaction when he contemplates the result of his labors to make his new “club house” the bijou of the town.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2019

It was such a quaint, bijou, attractive little piece that Katrine promptly fell in love with it.

From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Brazil, Angela