bijou

Example Sentences

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“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

The bijou dwelling is an example of what campaigners say is a growing phenomenon of micro-homes, driven by high rent and property prices.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2022

The bedrooms are bijou, with a clean, functional feel: bare brick painted brilliant white, wiring hidden in aluminium tubes, TV, coffee and tea things on a small chest of drawers.

From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2019

Their new home was a little bijou of a cottage, and Cora went to work with a light heart.

From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 by Various