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
She opened it with a thé dansant, at which she discoursed on the art of dress.
From The Nest Builder by Hale, Beatrice Forbes-Robertson
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
The huge room was filling rapidly; it was the hour of the thé dansant.
From Juggernaut by Campbell, Alice
We went back once more to a thé dansant given for her seventeen-year-old daughter.
From Chateau and Country Life in France by Waddington, Mary Alsop King
