bon mot
Americannoun
plural
bons motsnoun
Etymology
Origin of bon mot
Example Sentences
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Wordplay, aphorisms and bon mots were Stoppard’s signature.
From Los Angeles Times
He jotted down this bon mot with his pencil nub.
From Literature
Chop up two-thirds of the dialogue into bon mots and it’d make a great book of inspirational quotes, the sort of thing a thoughtful auntie would slip into a kid’s stocking at Christmas.
From Los Angeles Times
Yet it’s also, via Hart’s acerbic bon mots, an incisive exploration of two opposing views of art.
Most cards include cryptic, sometimes multilingual bon mots written with his beloved Sumi-e brush pens.
From Los Angeles Times
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