soignée
Example Sentences
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Christophe Rousset, conducting Les Talens Lyriques, mirrors Viotti’s soignée style and rhythmic snap.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022
With winged eyeliner out to there, Sandie’s got all the swaggering confidence that Ellie doesn’t, and stepping into her perfectly soignée shoes for an evening is powerfully intoxicating, until Sandie’s ultra-cool existence becomes a nightmare.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2021
In an earlier era, dancers were expected to visit gambling tables between shows, in soignée attire, and mingle with customers.
From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2018
She was a soignée matron, game for some electric color or the flash of a gam, but nothing inappropriate to her age or status.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 1, 2015
She was a beauty under the Empire, and her feet are so small, she is just as soignée as if she was young, and so vain and human.
From The Visits of Elizabeth by Glyn, Elinor
