sophisticate

Example Sentences

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He was an everyday guy who had fallen in love, not a highbrow sophisticate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

It pulls people in on the promise of speaking effortless French in a Parisian bakery, on being a sophisticate with the drive to learn another language.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2023

Drake is a social media sophisticate, a fine walker of the almost completely obliterated line between fandom and creation.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2023

With a virgin piña colada in my hand, I was no longer a silly little girl in a Laura Ashley dress, but a budding sophisticate sipping a fancy cocktail with maraschino cherry-stained red lips.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2022

And then, to make matters worse, I heard my mother saying to Waverly: “True, cannot teach style. June not sophisticate like you. Must be born this way.”

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan