eminence grise
Example Sentences
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But he was hardly anyone’s idea of an eminence grise when he was plucked from relative obscurity as publisher of Pan Books, Britain’s paperback king, to run America’s most storied hardcover imprint.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2019
He’s not so much an eminence grise as a tracksuit grise.
From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 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
Clinton was a rival, Gates was a Bush holdover, and Panetta is a Democratic eminence grise.
From Washington Post
