Example Sentences

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On a recent Thursday night, Cavalier Galleries held an opening for the photographer Christophe von Hohenberg, drawing the well-heeled bons vivants.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2022

The original owners, John Sowden and his wife, Ruth, envisioned it as a bohemian playhouse for aspiring actors and Hollywood bons vivants.

From New York Times • May 22, 2019

Local celebrities, bons vivants, and actors from Broadway a few blocks away traded mostly unscripted quips, delivering the sophistication of a New York cocktail party to the rest of America.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2012

When Disneyland Paris opened in 1992, Disney famously banned wine from park restaurants, much to the dismay of European bons vivants.

From Time Magazine Archive

With so many supposed comforts around him—with so many visions of wealth and splendour—one thing alone disturbed the peace of the poor optimist, and would indeed have confounded most bons vivants.

From Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Scott, Walter, Sir