How to Use bon mot in a Sentence
bon mot
noun
- She had a sparkling bon mot for every occasion.
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Deep thoughts, cheap shots & bon mots from the bunker. .
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Scott Ostler,
SFChronicle.com,
28 Mar. 2020
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More on Senate Bill 206 Deep thoughts, cheap shots & bon mots ...
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Scott Ostler,
SFChronicle.com,
14 Sep. 2019
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Not a real spy, of course, but the movie kind of spy, fighting with fists one moment and bon mots the next.
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Susan Arendt,
Ars Technica,
22 Nov. 2019
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Throughout, Blanchett maintained a steady stream of bon mots.
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Anna Silman,
The Cut,
22 May 2018
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Deep thoughts, cheap shots & bon mots ... Joe Lacob and Bob Myers blew it.
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Scott Ostler,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Feb. 2018
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But during the creation process, some bon mots were just too good for this world, and died nobly on the cutting room floor.
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Dan Snierson,
EW.com,
30 Jan. 2020
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Going a step beyond Churchill’s bon mot, this is not the beginning of the end, nor the end of the beginning.
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Robert Graboyes,
National Review,
13 Feb. 2018
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While their bon mots are unmatched, Sags must remember to keep their sharp tongues in check.
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Aliza Kelly Faragher,
Allure,
2 Feb. 2018
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Deep thoughts, cheap shots & bon mots ... • When the Warriors signed Shaun Livingston in 2014, the excitement needle did not move.
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Scott Ostler,
SFChronicle.com,
13 July 2019
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Everything about Gordon’s career flies in the face of that Belichick bon mot.
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Globe Staff,
BostonGlobe.com,
19 Aug. 2019
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In the meantime, enjoy several bon mots that the world’s classiest drink has inspired.
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Patrick May,
The Mercury News,
19 June 2019
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There’s no better way to say goodbyeto fashion week with a bon mot than with Marc’s whimsical and witty looks.
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Cady Lang,
Time,
4 Feb. 2020
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More Information Deep thoughts, cheap shots & bon mots ...
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Scott Ostler,
SFChronicle.com,
16 Nov. 2019
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Depending on his place in the hierarchy, any one of the guests would be expected to rise and disgorge a brief, bon mot–studded toast.
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TheWeek,
17 May 2020
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Also present is the Earl’s redoubtable mother (Maggie Smith), who dispenses bons mots like sour lemon drops.
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Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2019
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Deep thoughts, cheap shots & bon mots ... • Aldon Smith’s comeback attempt with the Dallas Cowboys will be one of the compelling stories of the season, if there is a season.
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Scott Ostler,
SFChronicle.com,
4 Apr. 2020
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By then, perhaps everyone will have gotten their fill—and moved on to watching Netflix's latest binge-able bundle of bons mots.
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Angela Watercutter,
WIRED,
26 June 2019
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But Leon was always trying to play the role of the liberal Zionist, above certain arguments, attentive to means as well as ends, fond of the bon mot and the elegant phrase.
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Andrew Sullivan,
Daily Intelligencer,
22 June 2018
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Johnson has achieved a momentous political triumph through discord, populism, and a few bon mots.
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sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
13 Dec. 2019
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Robinson relaxes the farce into drawing-room comedy and populates it with passably clever people who have much deeper concerns than the strategic deployment of bons mots.
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Justin Hayford,
Chicago Reader,
13 Apr. 2018
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Difficult though Garland’s circumstances are, her ability to win over an audience and deliver a bon mot is unhampered.
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N.e.g.,
The Economist,
1 Oct. 2019
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There's always another bon mot, and the occasional dud humor in Jerry Before Seinfeld in no way detracts from the larger pleasures of watching this peerless comedian pay tribute to his roots.
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Keith Uhlich,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Sep. 2017
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Naturally, Kors’s conversation was filled with bons mots.
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Janelle Okwodu,
Vogue,
12 Oct. 2017
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