savoir faire

Example Sentences

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To his eternal credit, Suga Free’s technical complexity, comic timing and mid-song impressions make him so inimitable that few ever attempt to copy his savoir-faire.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2023

"Our reputation is at stake. That is why we must unite all our knowledge, our efforts, our savoir-faire to achieve this goal."

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2023

An institution near rue Mouffetard, La Tuile à Loup cultivates beauty by preserving the savoir-faire of traditional artisans in the countryside.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2021

Inside the building’s parquet-floored ballroom, Nichanian’s team is fitting the latest men’s wear collection for Hermès, a house that was founded 184 years ago and has since become a repository of generations of French savoir-faire.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2021

He was painfully aware that he lacked the ecclesiastical aplomb and savoir-faire that enabled so many of his colleagues in other faiths and sects to get ahead.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller