Elegant

//ˈɛl.ə.ɡənt//

"Elegant" in a Sentence (15 examples)

They could hear the elegant, flowing sound of a harp coming from somewhere.

I prefer Noh to Kabuki, because the former looks more elegant to me than the latter.

Many people, if not most, look on literary taste as an elegant accomplishment.

A very elderly couple is having an elegant dinner to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary.

He fashioned an elegant pot out of clay.

He has elegant tastes.

She looks very elegant.

She has an elegant manner.

How about spending an elegant and blissful time at a beauty salon?

The high performance and the elegant design of this model have combined to give it a high reputation.

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You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.

an elegant solution

"For myself, because of the baggage of 30 years of balkanisation, I think the elegant solution is to take operations back into the public sector. It will mean you can have a whole-industry approach to running the railway, unencumbered by contractual differences."

'An' how are ye, Jemmie—how's every inch iv you?' enquired Moggy of the boy, when his agitation was a little blown over. 'I'm elegant, thank ye,' he answered; 'an' what's the matther wid ye all? I cum through the kitchen, and seen no one.'

But if the Aviarist be ambitious to keep the lovely, but destructive, members of the Parrot family, he must be content with grass alone, because Parrakeets (except the weak-billed Turquoisines and Elegants) would destroy the shrubs and trees in a day.

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