Examples of 'bon mot' in a sentence
Meaning of "bon mot"
Bon mot: A French phrase used in English, it means a clever or witty remark, often humorous or insightful. It is commonly used to describe a succinct and memorable phrase or comment that effectively captures a particular situation or sentiment
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- A clever saying, phrase or witticism; often, a witty riposte in dialogue.
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This was the bon mot of her belief.
I had totally forgotten that bon mot.
A bon mot is worth a bad book.
In conversations he always had the bon mot.
I would not waste a bon mot like that on business stuff.
My father was abstemious and he abhorred the salacious bon mot.
Perhaps the often cited bon mot ending all controversies about therapies.
It may be as brief as the setting and provocation of a bon mot.
His bon mot at the expense of James II is well known.
No man can dispose of Christianity with a bon mot.
The remark was apparently a bon mot of Prince Philippe le Bel.
Oscar Wilde was the master of the bon mot.
And with that pithy bon mot from your rapier-like wit.
I identified the problem, then kicked it over to you. deflected it with a withering bon mot.
I added a bon mot or two, tidied up the language, removed any questionable material.
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The only other thing of potential relevance is Frost 's final bon mot.
The bon mot of the legislator of the marriage of Cana?
Of course I used the hand pump, but the bon mot still works.
And with that pithy bon mot from your rapier-like wit, I am off.
No… that was a conversational bon mot.
The bon mot was Don Álvaro 's reply.
Darling, leave the bon mot to mother.
Words concluding with a trick ending. It is a witticism, a gag, a bon mot.
Yeah, well, bon mot aside, you are correct in guessing the cause of Mr. Wilkes ' death.
Uh, it was more of a bon mot.
In the bon mot of the day, the show “ made Rich gay and Gay rich . ”.
No man can dispose of Christianity with a bon mot [ a witty remark ].
Rhett Butler not giving a -- Oscar Wilde 's deathbed bon mot.
Oscar Wilde's deathbed bon mot.
I must make a note of that . A bon mot.
Oh, calm down . it was just a bon mot.
It is a witticism, a gag, a bon mot.
Of course I do . It is a witticism, a gag, a bon mot.
