How to Use toque in a Sentence

toque

noun
  • Made of a wool/acrylic blend this toque feels soft against the skin and wicks moisture to keep them warm and dry.
    — Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The toque macaque tops this list of pests with coconuts being the most affected crop.
    — Malaka Rodrigo, Quartz, 10 May 2023
  • Klum completed the look with a white toque hat and oversized electric blue shades.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Instead, the weather calls for a toque and wool socks, a sweatshirt, and a down jacket.
    — Scott Nover, Quartz, 20 July 2022
  • This excepts the sort where staffers in toques prepare crab omelets to order and the champagne flows freely.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • The top toque as judged by event attendees will receive a trophy and cash prize for their efforts.
    — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Torontonians in puffer vests and toques describe a vibrant city bursting at the seams.
    — Molly Sauter, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2018
  • The woman in the fur toque bustled by with her housekeeper, weighed down with a shopping bag full of flowery linens.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2018
  • That kind of hard-hitting toque just wants to break chains and shear cogs, so taking the load off while shifting keeps that from happening.
    — New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
  • De Shields arrived first, wearing a buffalo-plaid toque and a mien of utter gameness.
    — Henry Alford, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The days of the dish-throwing, mercurial drill sergeant in a tall white toque are, thankfully, coming to an end.
    — Mark Kurlyandchik, Freep.com, 11 Feb. 2020
  • The front of the package did show Barbie clad in her chef’s whites, a floppy toque, and a very Barbie side-pony.
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 11 July 2023
  • The guide highlighted restaurants adhering to the commandments with red rather than black toques.
    — William Grimes, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2017
  • There’s a Pepsi machine and a roast station, where a chef in a white coat and an unreasonably tall toque smiles at me.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Stan Michalski is the top toque in the Victorian house kitchen.
    — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Cerny has been the top toque at Pistache since 2011, and has been finessing his bisque recipe for even longer.
    — Claire Perez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 4 May 2018
  • Menu references to ancient reptiles — plus the brand’s silly mascot, a dinosaur in a toque — make fast food feel more like fun food.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The dog’s head, topped with a chef’s toque, is featured right there in the logo for Ramona’s Pizza Garden.
    — Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2022
  • In the video, a team of chefs wearing toque blanches covered her in flour and vegetables, placed her on a cutting board and then dropped into a pot of boiling water.
    — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 17 May 2017
  • Highly visible in the restaurant under a formal, tall toque, McPhail also took his job far outside the kitchen.
    — Ian McNulty | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 12 Oct. 2020
  • The trainee hairdressers’ salon was packed, young adults in paper chef toques thronged the halls, and hopeful electricians and carpenters were plentiful.
    — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Gollenz accepted the toque in 2021 and promptly won the restaurant a Michelin star.
    — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
  • The restaurant name is a tip of the toque to another part of Lachowicz's past — his grandfather and uncle, both Georges.
    — Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 12 May 2017
  • Alpers donned a traditional chef’s uniform, including the toque (or tall hat), and planned to carry Milo in a large mixing bowl.
    — Mandi Wright, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The chef, with a formidable toque atop his head, gave the VIP treatment to the distinguished host of a table for six.
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Made with triple layers of merino wool, this toque even comes with internal pockets that can retain heat to keep your head completely snug even in the most demanding climate.
    — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Another robust pleasure is dry-aged beef carved into crimson slices, decorated with thick slices of purple onion and flanked with popovers that look like floppy chef’s toques.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Made with only polar fleece, this simple toque has a retro, pyramid-esque shape that’s reminiscent of my dad’s old hats from the eighties, with a nine-inch peak and two-and-a-half inch cuff.
    — Kelly Klein, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
  • In this land of hard and fast kitchen etiquette, where towering toques once ruled, the food landscape is a kaleidoscope of quality dining experiences at all levels.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Imbert has a big toque to fill, as food critic Thibaut Danancher suggests, given the legacy the restaurant leaves on the Parisian landscape.
    — Vivian Song, Robb Report, 28 June 2021

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