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
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
She is a fluid writer but not the sort to go in search of le mot juste.
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2018
In January, when PhD students jostle for jobs at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association, a “market” might seem the mot juste.
From Economist • Nov. 24, 2016
How about old Steevens and the mot juste?
From The Napoleon of Notting Hill by Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham)
