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Examples of bon mot
bon mot
I had learned of Gertrude Stein's bon mot that medicine opened all doors.
From the washingtonpost.com
Like the 18th century French court, it likes the bon mot, the mot juste.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Vauxhall's bon mot, you see, was that the British could drive around pretending to be Elvis.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Cocteau was a master of the bon mot and the telling aphorism, and these pages teem with samples.
From the time.com
Or I toss out a bon mot about the sodium in canned chicken broth.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Keeping it local and in the family is the bon mot at La Benjamine.
From the usatoday.com
He knew that a good bon mot is wasted if you only use it once.
From the guardian.co.uk
It may be as brief as the setting and provocation of a bon mot.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Ain't it the truth, says a Christchurch reader of this bon mot on Education Rethink's Facebook page.
From the nzherald.co.nz
