bonne bouche

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

On his nightstand the day I asked to see it: “The White Nile” by Alan Moorehead, a book about educational policies, another on great speeches of history and an amusing bonne bouche by G.K.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2023

Another time, the best wood, the bonne bouche, was carefully beaten through while we were discussing a recherché champagne luncheon.

From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Greville, Beatrice Violet Graham

If he had been, I should have passed the letter to him as a bonne bouche, for this really was his show, and I wanted him to have all the plums.

From The Brightener by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

However, the gull thought the matter over, and soon devised an excellent scheme for capturing the four or five sparrows which it required as a daily bonne bouche.

From Harper's Young People, November 11, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

Time, who has been denominated Edax rerum, certainly had as yet left her untouched, reserving her for a bonne bouche on some future occasion.

From Percival Keene by Marryat, Frederick