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

Was there anything you found especially surprising as far as how the cheftestants performed in the mise race or cook itself?

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2023

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

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2022

He was a convinced Huguenot, and cherished the idea of writing a great religious epic in which biblical characters and Christian sentiment were to supplant the pagan mise en sc�ne then in fashion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various