soi-disant

How to use soi-disant in a sentence

• The soi-disant widow was in her boudoir; it was a great favor, to begin with, to be admitted to a tte--tte with her.

  Brother Jacques (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume XVII) | Charles Paul de Kock

• Mr. Smith explained that he knew this soi-disant Baron Von Klingenberg to be an impostor and a swindler.

  Pencil Sketches | Eliza Leslie

• "Au plaisir de vous revoir, Monsieur soi-disant," she said in conclusion, and went into her room and closed the door.

  Doom Castle | Neil Munro

• The unfortunate Mathurin Bruneau, the soi-disant dauphin, was last year tried here, and condemned to imprisonment.

  Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. I. (of 2) | Dawson Turner

• The soi-disant count contented himself with bowing as he took what she offered, but did not speak.

  San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams | Charles Paul de Kock