concours
Example Sentences
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I judge concours events myself around the U.S. and Canada, so I knew that this BMW was not ready.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
“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
But the vintage car market took off in the 1980s, said Phil Tegtmeier, a Ferrari broker and concours judge from Bryn Mawr, Pa. “‘
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2018
And you assume to take for granted that I also regard you as—as hors de concours.
From The Younger Set by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers