de trop

Example Sentences

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And the Met galas are just de trop.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2018

Though the book labours under a critical apparatus that might have been thought de trop if the subject had been Wittgenstein, it is not helpful in telling us about, for example, Taylor's father.

From The Guardian • Nov. 29, 2012

To talk of a new love might seem a little de trop.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2012

The orange trees might have been OK, the owner thought, but the live birds were a little de trop.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2012

I’ll offer, and she doubles over, pink-faced, declaring me de trop.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver