coryphee
Example Sentences
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Country-bred as she was, she waltzed like a coryphée.
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
From adventuress to evangelist; coryphée, courtesan, and convert, each in turn.
From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Wyndham, Horace
A coryphée, pretty and loyal, In amber and red, The ballet she led; Her mother performed at the Royal, Lenore at the Saracen's Head.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
He gives all his devotions to Nina Beaubien, who dances like a coryphée, and drops her when Alice Renwick comes with her glowing Spanish beauty.
From From the Ranks by King, Charles
A coryphée, pretty and loyal,In amber and redThe ballet she led;Her mother performed at the Royal,LENORE at the Saracen’s Head.
From The Bab Ballads by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
