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

Lord Pomfret had just returned from a luncheon-party, and was preparing to attend a thé dansant.

From Anthony Lyveden by Yates, Dornford

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

That afternoon before the thé dansant hour he called at the Goodchild residence.

From H. R. by Lefevre, Edwin

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