café au lait
Example Sentences
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Along with easy access to croissants and café au lait, our heroes have the benefit of not having to wax patriotic about a country in which they no longer live.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
Ten fingers, 10 toes, steady breathing, good tone, strong cry, no defects, two small café au lait spots on her thigh—just beauty marks.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2023
The new range of covers come in seven sizes of four colours: berry, cinnamon, caramel and café au lait.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2022
A self-styled intellectual who worshipped New Wave cinema, he adored his mother, a reader of classical French literature with whom he would linger for hours in the morning over café au lait, croissants, and cigarettes.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 18, 2019
Maman Thibaut has been dosing Amélie with café au lait at the big kitchen table.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
