How to Use du jour in a Sentence

du jour

adjective
  • Long hair was the style du jour.
  • Our soup du jour is chicken noodle.
  • The spot is well known for its fresh seafood and du jour menus.
    — Emily Raffield, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Yet dress codes are not the topic du jour.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 13 May 2026
  • Of course, there's a luxe lounge — the airport trend du jour.
    — Anna Spiegel, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Who died and made that clingy polyester jersey the fabric du jour?
    — Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2017
  • Sit outside at lunchtime and order the three-course menu du jour.
    — Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2024
  • The message du jour is about control.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Relaxed fits are the style du jour this fall, and the same goes for suiting.
    — Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The stat du jour — or des jours, in this case — was the offensive fight late.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2022
  • And a silver hued leaf that feels like velvet is the accent du jour.
    — Charisse Jones, USA TODAY, 10 May 2018
  • While all of these lengths are still valid, the low-calf midi seems to stand out as the length du jour.
    — Sharon Graubard, courant.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • The leather clutch is a modern style du jour with timeless appeal.
    — Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Colored rubber bracelets hung on our wrists to remind us of the cause du jour.
    — Josh Browning, Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
  • For long days spent on a boat, by the pool, or on the shore, consider this your look du jour.
    — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Jan. 2019
  • What will be the crisis du jour tomorrow?
    — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026
  • In France, Léo is the boy name du jour, while Jade wins out for girls.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 10 Aug. 2023
  • For the show, the dynamic duo was made up in the look du jour, which included slicked back hair.
    — Rosemary Donahue, Allure, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Green has been the color du jour in the design world for the past few years, and that isn't changing any time soon.
    — Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 27 Feb. 2023
  • This time last year, my manicure du jour was a ’90s-style deep French.
    — Laura Solla, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Now for the less good—cost-containment is still the measure du jour to keep the balance sheet healthy.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 16 June 2020
  • The bedding du jour being either navy or gray in each of the players’ apartments.
    — Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Experts pointed to a few reasons why fiber is the nutrient du jour.
    — Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2026
  • To set the scene, shows like Heroes and Jericho were the buzziest du jour.
    — Vogue, 19 Sep. 2019
  • And if enough people manifest it, these two could be the next It couple du jour.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
  • His main job for most of the film is to casually dismiss all of Lopez’s lovers du jour.
    — Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • What matters is that metaverse is now the buzzword du jour and that Facebook wants a piece of it.
    — Amit Katwala, Wired, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Okay, August Moon is the band du jour that Anne’s daughter’s friends like.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 3 May 2024
  • Where album sales were the revenue engine du jour, the Dead made their living on live shows.
    — Brian Halligan, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Bombing -- and the threat of bombing -- had become the crime du jour in Portland that spring.
    — oregonlive, 1 Oct. 2020

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