How To Use mot juste In A Sentence
- Hence Channel One, a commercial satellite network serving, if that is the mot juste, 12,000 schools.
- This is a work for which 'ground-breaking' really is the mot juste, yet although it has earned Reich the title 'founding father of minimalism', he himself regards it as leaving minimalism far behind. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
- I think there is a place for the demotic, and many instances where a ‘crude’ word or phrase is the mot juste.
- I have ransacked my thesaurus for a word that does justice to the terrible events that made up what history will know for ever as The Battle of Old Trafford, and I have come up with the mot juste.
- Dissatisfied with the stilted term thesaurus, he cast about for the mot juste and happily came up with promptory (derived from a Medieval Latin word meaning ` storehouse, repository ') as a better name for a book constructed for prompt reference and to prompt those who search for the right word. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 3
- I think Kristin's image of a hummingbird is "le mot juste" for Newforest!! Le mot juste - French Word-A-Day
- The open-faced, jaunty youth who effusively welcomed us, discussed the menu and offered suggestions, wrangled the wine and evidenced the mot juste in every facet of conversation, turned out to be a consulting manager from headquarters in Arizona who was there to enable the dining staff and kitchen to hit the ground running. Neil Zevnik: A New Paradigm? Now Serving: A Nice Dose of Healthy and a Healthy Dose of Nice
