café au lait
Example Sentences
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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
Expect café noir and café au lait with madeleines and quiche, plus pain perdu with strawberry, lime and basil, and fregola sarda risotto with octopus, from a menu that changes frequently.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2019
Baldwin remembers visiting the city as a child and watching his mother transform into a woman over a bowl of café au lait.
From Slate ● May 5, 2012
I know she’s really worried because she hasn’t fixed me breakfast or café au lait.
From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
