monde
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"L'Autre monde" remains Cyrano's most popular work and has various quirks to interest the modern reader.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2022
"Tout le monde is with you, Dave," said Lacuna Coil frontwoman Cristina Scabbia.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2019
While in Switzerland, she persuades the haut monde that she is a wealthy widow — and earns the admiration of two eligible suitors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2019
Still, vestiges of the Century’s haut monde past remain.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2016
He ordered that I be bought a new bag-wig, and my mother a whole series of costly dresses a la mode du beau monde.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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