bon mot
Example Sentences
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And with a bon mot, it’s very few mots, you know?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2025
I have a bon mot I frequently employ: cautiously poss-imistic.
From Salon • Dec. 26, 2023
Keynes’s bon mot has a sting in its tail: We can afford anything we can actually do.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2021
What’s the point of going on a mini-vacation if you spend it doing what you do at home: checking your email from your bed, mindlessly scrolling through Instagram, tweeting a bon mot?
From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2019
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
