mot juste
Example Sentences
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Gainsbourg is bilingual, but French is her first language; she pauses occasionally in our conversation to search around for le mot juste.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2019
And as Barnum ended nearly a century of trying to edit that sense of wonder into the mot juste, he finally nailed it at the end.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2019
“And if they don’t want to feel rich, then they’re probably—” He pauses to consider the mot juste, then adds, “Dead.”
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 13, 2018
Two years later, “thirst” remains with us as the mot juste for these and other people, moments and things — and the evidence of that thirst has only grown more undeniable.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2017
We never find him searching for the mot juste as for a needle in a bottle of hay.
From The Works of Max Beerbohm by Sir Max Beerbohm
