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Recent Examples of demimondaine
To this day, she’s drawn to the bruise of blue that belies the kittenish blush, the tension between the girl next door and the demimondaine, who are not so far apart, who may even be one.
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Susan Dominus Photographs By Joshua Kissi Styled By Ian Bradley Sasha Weiss Photographs By Collier Schorr Styled By Jay Massacret Megan O’Grady Portrait By Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont Ligaya Mishan Photographs By Tina Barney, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2021
The object of Christian’s adoration is Satine, a nightclub chanteuse and demimondaine, almost past her prime and riddled with consumption.
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 25 July 2019
Rather than a consistent narrative style, Phillips shapes the prose to reflect the stages of her life, from the powerless demimondaine to the outspoken feminist writer.
—Joan Gaylord, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2018
Susan Dominus Photographs By Joshua Kissi Styled By Ian Bradley Sasha Weiss Photographs By Collier Schorr Styled By Jay Massacret Megan O’Grady Portrait By Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont Ligaya Mishan Photographs By Tina Barney, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2021
The object of Christian’s adoration is Satine, a nightclub chanteuse and demimondaine, almost past her prime and riddled with consumption.
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 25 July 2019
Rather than a consistent narrative style, Phillips shapes the prose to reflect the stages of her life, from the powerless demimondaine to the outspoken feminist writer.
—Joan Gaylord, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for demimondaine
Noun
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There have been two earlier biographies of Harriman, neither of them bent on re-envisioning her as a geopolitical player, as Purnell is, but content instead to present her as, well, just that, a courtesan.—
Daphne Merkin,
airmail.news,
28 Sep. 2024
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The show talks about the love lives and power tussles of the courtesans of Lahore.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes,
1 Jan. 2025
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Elsewhere in the world of watch lovers, Kevin O’Leary was on Fox celebrating his auction win of a unique Chanel Boy.—
Sophie Furley,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2025
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The event brings together hundreds of religious motorcycle lovers, while raising funds to benefit St Luke’s Center, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility operated by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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Twinkle and Stefflon Don, both former paramours of afro-fusion king Burna Boy — who was somehow the issue and not the issue.—
Rob Marriott,
VIBE.com,
30 Dec. 2024
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Walker cradled his paramour, the actress Betty Compton, and hurriedly exited the roadhouse, stopping only to apologize privately for his abrupt departure to the bandleader Vincent Lopez.—
Sam Roberts,
airmail.news,
12 Oct. 2024
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“Demimondaine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demimondaine. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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