mot juste

Example Sentences

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So the word is out, and it’s le mot juste.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

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

I always think that’s a wonderful fault, if it is a fault—constantly looking for not just the mot juste, as it were, but to give a spin on the mot juste.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 4, 2019

The mixing up of our identities is probably explained by the fact that we are both stylists and seekers for the mot juste.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 192-06-30 by Various