How to Use passé in a Sentence

passé

adjective
  • That style of music is now considered passé.
  • Betting on wins or losses is passe.
    — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • This isn't the first time Starbucks has decided old media is too passe for its cafes.
    — Madeline Purdue, USA TODAY, 12 July 2019
  • The idea of a regular boutique almost seems just as passe as malls are becoming.
    — Isa Giallorenzo, Chicago Reader, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Right now, the thought of a single-purpose device like the iPod can feel hopelessly passe.
    — Washington Post, 10 May 2022
  • Coming at a time when the overt objectification of women seems passe, the message seems just right.
    — Sylvia Hui, The Seattle Times, 18 Feb. 2018
  • For many millennials, that stigma is passe, and a band of progressive men is working diligently to shred it.
    — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
  • And posts on Leonardo DiCaprio's Auburn hat are now borderline passe.
    — Jeremy Henderson, AL.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Now, the universality of the material comes off as generic, banal and passe.
    — Lee Williams, OregonLive.com, 14 Aug. 2017
  • There’s no real rhyme or reason for one ingredient to be popular while another is considered passe.
    — Amanda Cushman, charlotteobserver, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Sticking to remote work where one’s spare bedroom becomes the backdrop to important business meetings is becoming quite passe.
    — Michael Alpiner, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • Democrats, led by presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, declared their jobs passe.
    — Robert Samuels, Washington Post, 2 June 2017
  • Running a profitable business is somewhat passe in Silicon Valley.
    — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2017
  • Post-independence, Indians adopted it as an alternative to the business suit, although it’s now seen as passe.
    — Nancy MacDonell, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2019
  • Stock exchange businesses reliant on volatile volumes are increasingly passe in a world of computerized trading.
    — Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Valdes balanced on one leg for what felt like eons, changing positions from arabesque to passe develope without the use of her partner, Patricio Reve.
    — Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2018
  • La visibilité trans, et donc la lutte contre la transphobie, passe aussi par l'exercice de responsabilités politiques ou publiques.
    — NBC News, 24 May 2020
  • But Snapchat is stepping up its game to lure more people away from Facebook, the social media Goliath that is growing passe for the next generation of smartphone users.
    — Greg Larose, NOLA.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Printed books aren’t just passe, they have been unfairly associated with ideas about elitism and the life of mind, which terrify museum professionals on this side of the Atlantic.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Their torrid second-half start ended the ambiguity of the Mariners’ status as either a buyer or seller (though Dipoto said that whole concept is passe nowadays).
    — Larry Stone, The Seattle Times, 20 July 2017
  • The band paid their Hollywood dues for years, including a late ‘70s to early ‘80s period when hard-rock/metal was considered completely passe.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 19 May 2022

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