eminence grise
Example Sentences
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To begin with, “it must be said that a lawyer shouldn’t do anything illegal — and that would be enough,” said Attali, an eminence grise at Davos.
From Seattle Times • May 24, 2022
Less successful is Mark Rylance as a strange tech titan named Peter Isherwell, an eminence grise of prominent white teeth, Julian Assange-like hair and irritatingly gnomic pronouncements.
From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2021
You will have easily guessed the thesis of this new book: Brigitte is Emmanuel’s first and last adviser on all matters, the president’s real eminence grise.
From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2019
As a kid, Hogan hovered like a disapproving eminence grise over my fledgling attempts to become a grown-up.
From Golf Digest • Jul. 12, 2018
But the VMAs are not a show that grows up with you, and Ms. Swift was a virtual eminence grise here.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2012
