How to Use boudoir in a Sentence

boudoir

noun
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  • Borrowing from the boudoir, these looks are meant to see the light of day.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2020
  • That said there are far thriftier ways to jump on the boudoir shoe trend right now, thanks to Yandy.com.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2017
  • These days, bringing boudoir-wear to the streets is a celebrity favorite.
    — Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, 5 Nov. 2018
  • But romantic sparks fly, and the couple soon find themselves in the boudoir.
    — Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The boudoir feel of places like Biba was inviting after the stark, jolly brightness of the '60s.
    — Sadhbh O'Sullivan, refinery29.com, 21 Jan. 2021
  • This serves as offices, boudoirs, hospital rooms, air bases, the streets of Rome.
    — John Timpane, Philly.com, 9 May 2018
  • The house where The Golden Girls was set featured many iconic rooms, but none stood out quite like Blanche’s chic boudoir, and that was the point.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 9 July 2019
  • Set up your boudoir, playroom, love den, etc. as a safe space to explore your passions.
    — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 1 July 2023
  • Music in the boudoir is a tip he's turned to before, previously telling E!
    — Lydia Price, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The brief clip featured the singer in her luxury boudoir playing basketball with a pair of hot pink panties and a trash can.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Embrace the feminine side, boldly Man caves and boudoirs have their place, but a blend of both welcomes all.
    — Valli Herman, latimes.com, 10 Mar. 2018
  • In the weeks and days leading up to my boudoir shoot, the body-image obsessions continued.
    — Jamie Friedlander, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Keep it classic with the bright-white or ivory finish, or add a pop of color to your boudoir with the muted clover or dusk hue options.
    — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The film chooses to return to this framing, situating the couple in a smoky boudoir in Cairo.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2020
  • This was the hip-hop soul era, when balladeers wore hoodies and chunky boots and relocated their tales of seduction from the boudoir to the street.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2020
  • Eve looks can find similar styles from the label; shop them below, as well as more of the best silk slip dresses to wear beyond the boudoir.
    — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The Halo Rise uses all of those to determine whether a boudoir is optimized for sleep.
    — WIRED, 29 Sep. 2022
  • One Georgia woman's unique spin on the classic boudoir photo shoot has us in stitches.
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 11 Jan. 2019
  • The plant is there to provide him with decorations, to make his boudoir that much more enticing to a female.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2012
  • This means that a rather chaste air hangs over the film; when Diana and Steve, for example, share a kiss and presumably proceed to the boudoir, the scene fades out pronto.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2017
  • An expert seamstress was able to use vintage fabric and create a modern example of the boudoir dolls of the 1920s.
    — Brenda Yenke, cleveland.com, 15 Feb. 2018
  • August saw the debut of the Kit Vintage kitten-heel satin mules with marabou feathers in black or white ($195), perfect for bridal parties or the boudoir.
    — Ingrid Schmidt, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Madame Ghani’s suite, comprising a bathroom, bedroom, and boudoir that ran the length of Villa Verde, was a fairy tale of apricot cotton.
    — India Hicks, House Beautiful, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Our new boudoir was a sad muddy brown color that could best be described as depressing.
    — NBC News, 19 Jan. 2020
  • Each of the hotel’s eight rooms—the boudoir, the butterfly room, the drugstore room, the emerald room, the photograph room, the prairie room, the ranch room, and the tackroom—all have unique decor that corresponds to the room name.
    — Ana Calderone, PEOPLE.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Dunn opted for something more ladylike, and created a boudoir feel with a pink lace trench worn over a coral slip dress.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Weaver lends his styling skills to the collection dreaming up all manner of sultry outfits and taking the pieces out of their boudoir context.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2020
  • This magenta boudoir provides a surprisingly soothing place to get some shut-eye on the road.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The bride-to-be, along with a few of her closest friends, had a bachelorette party that included Chippendale dancers and a boudoir photo shoot.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Just how did a girl from suburban Connecticut with no real job experience work her way into the bathrooms and boudoirs of the most influential names in the world and build that access into a $1.9 billion business?
    — Radhika Seth, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2023

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