How to Use savoir faire in a Sentence

savoir faire

noun

• He handled the problem with his usual savoir faire.
• I admire her sophistication and savoir faire.
• The development of this savoir faire is what made France a nation of cheese eaters in the first place.
  — Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2021
• At the end, Château Rauzan-Ségla wines express the perfect blend between heritage and savoir faire.
  — Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• Barrie was founded in 1903 on the banks of the Teviot river and developed a unique savoir faire throughout the years.
  — Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
• And then, in 1959, one that merged that expertise with its savoir faire in high jewelry.
  — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2019
• Suddenly, the singular know-how and savoir faire of the Prada Group is merely a phone call away.
  — Jeremy Lewis, Vogue, 7 Apr. 2022
• Growing up, Mukarram showed a strange mix of savoir faire and ineptitude.
  — Alex Traub, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
• There’s an expression in French called savoir faire — the knowledge of different work — and that’s what my grandmother taught me.
  — Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 30 Oct. 2017
• The unique set, made of wool silk, was produced by hand crochet and knitting savoir faire, and took approximately 180 hours to finish.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 June 2022
• It’s all at the same level in one way, because our top watchmakers and craftspeople are sharing knowledge and savoir faire.
  — Carol Besler, Forbes, 2 June 2021
• For the event, Holmes embraced the crochet trend in an ivory tank top and long flared skirt from Chloé's pre-fall 2022 collection, a wool silk set that was produced by hand crochet and knitting savoir faire.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Aug. 2022
• Combining certain colors that are difficult to work with takes a certain amount of savoir faire.
  — Lois Fenton, Arkansas Online, 21 Mar. 2021
• An Upper East Side transplant that provides a European savoir faire.
  — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 15 July 2021
• Not long ago, a quick-service pit stop would have been unimaginable coming from a restaurateur known for his savoir faire and designer suits.
  — New York Times, 11 July 2022
• The festivities, online and on CBS, demonstrated the power of Broadway savoir faire.
  — Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2021
• In his movies Cary Grant was the embodiment of suavity, the master of savoir faire, elegant, witty, in every way winning.
  — Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2020
• Last Sunday, De Libran presented the label’s first haute couture offering, a salute to the atelier’s savoir faire.
  — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 5 July 2018
• The annual Waiters-Waitresses Race at 3 p.m. Sunday will feature servers competing in a test of speed and savoir faire.
  — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 July 2019
• The repartee, the cars, the guns and the exotic locales have always been essential to the appeal of a hero like no other, who, in addition to his savoir faire, never gets drunk and never flags in bed.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
• Each one of these winners epitomizes French elegance and savoir faire, but there's only one that scored an impressive 98.60.
  — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2021
• In several instances it was subsumed in service to art in the form of tour de force savoir faire that nonetheless overpowered the models, who seemed to become the wall on which the masterpiece was hung.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 12 July 2023
• And to hear and see him—singing in his incomparably expressive purr, hitting one of his famously sweet high C’s on the trumpet, dishing the dirt with amiable savoir faire on a TV talk show—was to love him.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 28 Oct. 2022
• For more than 190 years, Guerlain has transmitted its legacy and extreme savoir faire through generations.
  — Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 29 June 2021
• That would be Alain (Niels Schneider), a self-deprecating fiction writer in a thrift-shop jacket, with an attitude of romantic savoir faire.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2023
• These experiences are linked by the extraordinary savoir faire of the mythical fashion house.
  — Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• That, more than anything, is the essence of savoir faire, that distinctly Parisian know-how that blends style and functionality in every aspect of life—including popping a gâteau in the oven without anyone even noticing.
  — Aleksandra Crapanzano, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2022
• And year after year, the artisans that occupy the workshops continue to translate each point of departure with creativity and savoir faire.
  — Amy Verner, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2018
• Every designer was given the opportunity to create an item in collaboration with one of the 12 Chanel Maisons d’Art, famous for their French savoir faire.
  — Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2019
• Selections went from fine French bottlings to show American savoir faire toward U.S. labels as domestic wines improved in quality and stature.
  — Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2020

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