the dansant

Example Sentences

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There were dresses for a thé dansant, dainty and frosted, in a macaron palette.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 21, 2016

The huge room was filling rapidly; it was the hour of the thé dansant.

From Juggernaut by Campbell, Alice

On his return, he passed a florist’s, and, remembering that Frances was going that afternoon to a thé dansant, did the decent thing and sent up a dozen roses, which cost him five dollars.

From The Wall Street Girl by Wolfe, George Ellis

Of course," he admitted, "we are not at a thé dansant or a cabaret.

From Bertram Cope's Year by Fuller, Henry Blake

Another beautiful brand new day to play with, a day full of delightful, adventurous surprises--a débutante's luncheon, a matinée, a thé dansant, a dinner, too.

From Out of the Ashes by Mumford, Ethel Watts