juste milieu
Example Sentences
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His Gymnase repertory is of the Left Centre, the juste milieu, nearer the National Guard than the royal guard.
From The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron
Her juste milieu, if a trifle becalmed, amounts to genius; and I was—and still am—more interested in her moral, social and intellectual opinions than in most of my friends'.
From Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One by Asquith, Margot
If you put too much cream, you will make the tea cold,—if you put too much sugar, you will make it syrupy,—you must arrive at the juste milieu in a cup of tea!
From God's Good Man by Corelli, Marie
He strives after a "juste milieu" between the too violent partisanship of Maracci and Prideaux and the ridiculous acclamations of de Boulainvilliers.
From Mohammedanism Lectures on Its Origin, Its Religious and Political Growth, and Its Present State by Hurgronje, C. Snouck
One's toilet must be a delicate compromise between ball attire and full visiting dress, but Mademoiselle Melanie has hit the juste milieu; and succeeded in carrying me through all the perils of Scylla and Charybdis.
From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt
