| And in California, the State Department of Education essentially adopted whole language and foisted that on mot of the school districts. |
| The mot juste for me was often a very descriptive word which often forced me to turn to a part of the language that was a bit high octane. |
| I usually think of something obtuse to say at this point, but I'm trying to say my bon mot for tomorrow, and the rest of the week. |
| But all this striving for the mot juste only made it harder for me to write continuous prose. |
| She dreams in French and occasionally drops a bon mot into conversation, obviously relishing the feel of it in her mouth. |
| There's little I enjoy more than inventing new ways to sling words together to provide a bon mot, or a mot juste, if it pleases you better. |
