juste milieu

Example Sentences

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His only trouble now, in the dull and lazy times of the juste milieu, is drowsiness.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

Because," said Cibber, peevishly, "you all want the true savoir faire nowadays, because there is no juste milieu, young gentlemen.

From Peg Woffington by Reade, Charles

There was not much juste milieu about Huxley.

From Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One by Asquith, Margot

With reference to the waist, as to every thing else, the juste milieu is literally the thing to be desired.

From Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress by Merrifield, Mary Philadelphia

I will cling with tenacity to that juste milieu under which we have hitherto so eminently prospered.

From The Infernal Marriage by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield