chapeau

Example Sentences

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Fitting, given that anything more than one foot in front of her would be invisible beneath the shadow of her cockamamie chapeau.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

Mistaking the Brit Awards for Royal Ascot, Ella Henderson turned up in a voluminous chapeau, which she then insisted on wearing throughout the ceremony.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2024

He had a mechanical as well, still put 40 seconds into me so chapeau to him.

From Washington Times • May 27, 2023

The stolen chapeau — a tall beaver-skin top hat — was so distinctive, it proved impossible to sell.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2023

Lady Constance tipped her head from one side to the other in front of her dressing-room mirror, the better to admire the elaborate chapeau that she had just placed upon her upswept curls.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood