concours

Example Sentences

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Just to have a car at this concours is an honor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

Mr. Hagerty discussed toppling barriers — like removing velvet ropes from around cars at concours and letting young children get in and honk the horn.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2021

“I think of my life,” Justus Rosenberg once told an interviewer, “as what the French call concours de circonstances — a confluence of circumstances.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021

“It’s a serious collection,” said Peter Hageman, a Kirkland-based car collector, dealer and concours judge specializing in Bentleys.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2018

This may be a reason why it was applied to a lady hors concours for Ronsard.

From Aspects of Literature by Murry, J. Middleton