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

Instead, Andrew’s bijou 60th gathering was held at Royal Lodge, home of the duke and his destranged wife, Duchess Fergie.

From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2020

And yet, there’s something undeniably and delightfully bijou about seeing a tot outfitted in Seventh Avenue finery.

From Slate • Sep. 4, 2018

South America—firmly South America—in the little tiny wee, bijou village of Santa Lyta—far away from the beaten track, this lonely place lies basking in the sun.

From I'll Leave It To You A Light Comedy In Three Acts by Coward, Noel