How to Use mignon in a Sentence

mignon

noun

• The Bellwether’s Lighthouse Bar and Grill is known for stellar seafood risotto and filet mignon and live jazz five nights a week.
  — Hotel Bellwether, The Seattle Times, 1 May 2017
• Unfortunately, a cow is not made up of all filet mignon, and the sea is not 70 percent salmon.
  — Phoebe Lapine, NBC News, 16 May 2017
• At lunch on a brisk winter day, Tim Minchin was digging into a 10-ounce filet mignon at a Midtown steak house.
  — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2017
• Many Front Range home shoppers can afford ground chuck, but are finding store shelves stocked with filet mignon, according to a study from Trulia.
  — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2017
• A kale salad with chimichurri, for example, might cost a bit more with filet mignon as the protein or a bit less with sirloin or turkey meatballs.
  — Alex Barinka, Bloomberg.com, 11 May 2017
• Chung’s team is the first to finish, rewarded with some red peppers, macadamia nuts, pineapple, fresh herbs, mussels, filet mignon and asparagus.
  — Nancy Luna, Orange County Register, 18 Jan. 2017
• Representing France is a tournedo Rossini, a throwback haute cuisine dish of filet mignon rested on brioche.
  — Joseph Hernandez, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2017
• And organ meats ordered online from specialty farms may be more expensive per pound than filet mignon after shipping and handling.
  — Dr. Manny Alvarez, Fox News, 30 May 2017
• Carnivores are sated with offerings like chicken scaloppine and filet mignon.
  — Suzanne Loudermilk, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2017
• The menu featured filet mignons, cowboy ribeyes and porterhouse steaks, as well as a wine collection that frequently received Wine Spectator's annual Award of Excellence.
  — Bob Carlton, AL.com, 12 June 2017
• Some people favor a boneless filet mignon, prized for its exceptional tenderness and juiciness, while others prefer a finer-textured and slightly firmer New York strip steak, also known as top sirloin.
  — Wolfgang Puck, Twin Cities, 25 May 2017

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