mise

Example Sentences

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The mise en scène is sumptuously prepared with flourishes of rococo drollery.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

I understood the appeal of mise en place long before I ever embraced cleaning as I cooked.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

TikTok serves up step-by-step mise en place with soft jazz and fingernail clacks; mukbang creators rake in millions by eating crab legs in front of a ring light.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025

“You know how a chef has a mise en place?” said Noel Casler, a podcaster and comedian.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2022

Quant je vieng � mon host� Et ma feme a regard� Derier moi le sac enfl�, Et ge qui sui bien par� De robe grise, Sachiez qu'ele a tot jus mise La quenoille, sans faintise.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn