toilette

Example Sentences

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In “Enchanted Escape,” we see her ostentatiously unadorned Sèvres porcelain plates and silverware for the royal toilette, a pink neoclassical armchair for resting after doing very little.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

"The parcel looked normal but after opening it, I was shocked to find a tin of dog food and some Eau de toilette instead of the phone I had ordered."

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2023

For early modern Europe, as in India today, perfume had many functions, from medical to religious, that went well beyond its use as an expression of an individual’s taste, personality and toilette.

From New York Times • May 10, 2021

Which is why I couldn’t figure out why she told us to put late assignments in her boîte de toilette, or “toilet box.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2020

Bottles of rye, purgative waters and eaux for every conceivable toilette made a companionable click in his worn carpet bag.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison