connoisseur

Example Sentences

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As far as horror films go, writer-director Ian Tuason’s debut feature “Undertone” has just about everything a genre connoisseur could ever want, all rolled into one.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 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

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

In 1996, for example, she was billed as a "chat-up connoisseur" during a dating segment on Good Morning with Anne and Nick.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

They were in one of those long breaks in the sermon that the priest, a connoisseur of unbearable silences, used with frequency and to great effect.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende