noir
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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The Harry Hole series from novelist Jo Nesbo helped create the Nordic Noir genre in the early 2000s.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026
Sancerre is one of France's most famous wine-making regions, located in the central Loire Valley, where its famously crisp whites are produced from 100 percent Sauvignon Blanc and its reds with Pinot Noir.
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026
From the musky floral Another 13 and Western desert Santal 33 to elegant tea-inspired offering Thé Noir 29, my next signature scent awaits.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
Recently she considered tropes associated with the Pinot Noir grape, described with surprising frequency as “sensitive” and “feminine”—words many wine writers have tossed around with impunity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
In France, for example, there is a place called Noir.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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