monde
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Afterward the beau monde had a few days to find new costumes for the Monday Mayday masquerade.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Ce niveau de détails… Un nouveau monde se dévoile jour après jour.
From Washington Post • Aug. 14, 2022
Once upon a time, Slim Aarons would have been the one to capture such beau monde happenings.
From New York Times • May 2, 2022
"L'Autre monde" remains Cyrano's most popular work and has various quirks to interest the modern reader.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2022
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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