de trop

Example Sentences

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Yet referring to this undisputed fact about Bryant’s past, on the day he died, was for some utterly de trop.

From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2020

And the Met galas are just de trop.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2018

I wonder whether you believe that the death penalty has always and everywhere been de trop, too much, or that something happened to enable us to dispense with it without thereby increasing the murder rate.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2017

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

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2012

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

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver