bon mot
Example Sentences
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When he realized whence I’d lifted the dinner party bon mot, he gave me grief for my cheaply bought erudition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Economists would point to the folly of a course of action, and he would pull out a bon mot or caricature them as “the doubters, the doomsters, the gloomsters.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022
I’ve thought about that bon mot a lot during this movie season, where so many stars seem to be swinging for the fences.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
The bizarre situation elicits Patroclus' zesty bon mot: "What a spring the man has! Nice dive! Think of the oysters he could come up with if he were out at sea …"
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2021
I’m an eternal stranger forced to reintroduce myself to her one bon mot at a time.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
