connoisseur

Example Sentences

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She said: "Record shops of the world will know first-hand that above all, Robert Plant is a connoisseur of his craft whose appetite for musical discoveries has not waned with the passage of time."

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

“I became a bit of a connoisseur of bob runs,” said John Eaves, a world-champion freestyle skier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

Lillian Disney, a connoisseur of flowers, would die before the hall was finished, but its hidden rear garden is centered around the “Rose for Lilly” fountain, composed of thousands of broken blue-and-white Delft china pieces.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Phillips said a 1518 was the sort of watch that once acquired, "a connoisseur can feel to have reached the utmost peak of collecting".

From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025

Mommy was a connoisseur of ministers; she knew them the way a French wine connoisseur knows Beaujolais red from Vouvray white.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride