à la mode
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The backdrop is a cubist cityscape; their hair is cropped in the manner of Parisian garçons; and their red lips and shaded eyes are thoroughly à la mode.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2018
It has remained there, waxing and waning à la mode.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 11, 2017
Don’t miss: The bleu cheese haystack -- a pile of shoestring fries covered in blue cheese and buffalo wing sauce -- and the apple-filled glazed doughnut served à la mode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2015
Goodbye baked chicken breasts; hello pot roast with chestnut-braised green beans and pumpkin pie à la mode.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2012
He was of the blond type, past middle life and in dress anything but à la mode.
From As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Marian Gouverneur
This icebox treat lands somewhere in between brownie a la mode and traditional ice cream sandwiches.
From Salon ● May 27, 2022
Do we think that in five years’ time there’ll have been a massive kick back and proper Crazy Gang up-and-unders will be a la mode?
From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2019
The most entertaining dessert arrives when you ask for bread pudding to be served a la mode.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 12, 2019
Go there for 21 kinds of pie — and four scoops of vanilla ice cream, if you ask for it a la mode.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2018
We are going to dine tonight in our rooms, with our family, sharing hamburgers, french fries, and apple pie a la mode.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
