How to Use nouveau in a Sentence

nouveau

adjective
  • Whether small or overscaled, this nouveau bow does not mince.
    — Kristen Bateman, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The building has a nouveau mid-century flair with neutral tones and a turquoise wall accent.
    — Cindy Carcamostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022
  • Crockett’s nouveau approach to campaigning caught up with her.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Mar. 2026
  • None of it looks pristine, like some nouveau tailoring house where everything is just so, but lived in and imperfect.
    — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Lucky for us, this falls right in line with the nouveau normcore trend for spring and the best fall 2023 fashion trends from the runways.
    — Dale Arden Chong, ELLE, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Oz, by contrast, carries on him the markers of a salesman hawking wares to a nouveau-riche easily tempted by snake oil.
    — Jill Filipovic, CNN, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Unlike typical, nouveau food-trucks, the taco bus is parked semi-permanently.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 9 Oct. 2020
  • From the nouveau-style tempranillo to their late harvest pinot gris, there is never a dull moment at their winery and tasting room in the scenic hills above Amity.
    — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 16 Nov. 2021
  • America in all its decadence, in all its beauty, in all its nouveau naffness, and in all its total dominion over the entire Western world.
    — Mason Leath, ABC News, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Large open spaces, high ceilings and a nouveau gothic aesthetic serve to enhance the looming presence of an aging building and the spirits which haunt it.
    — Jamie Lang, Variety, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Pinot noir-lovers might like to know that Rahn recently made a refreshing nouveau-style pinot for New Seasons Market.
    — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Advertisement Crockett’s nouveau approach to campaigning caught up with her.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Mar. 2026
  • With his signature lollipop, Miller Adams is kind of a nouveau bad boy — not actually bad at all, just slightly alternative.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Fittingly, Middle of Nowhere has an in-between feeling, like a meal at a nouveau farm-to-table restaurant, said Grant Sharples in Paste.
    — The Week Us, TheWeek, 13 May 2026
  • Even throughout her pregnancy, Potts didn’t go the typical maternity route and instead embraced nouveau pregnancy style à la Rihanna, baring her belly in low-slung pants and tiny T-shirts.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 8 July 2022
  • Muriel Spark’s more astringent, nouveau roman–style performances may be another starting place for comparisons—or maybe Ottessa Moshfegh’s delicious cruelties.
    — Christopher Tayler, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
  • In 1921, movie stardom had upended the traditional social hierarchy, and Arbuckle’s celebrated spending turned into a cautionary tale of nouveau-riche decadence.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The nouveau American fashion conglomerate was poised to rival European competitors like Louis Vuitton and Hermes owner LVMH and Gucci owner Kering—with soaring revenues to boot.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2026

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