How to Use sophisticate in a Sentence

sophisticate

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  • Whether your style is timeless sophisticate or the latest TikTok-core, there’s a great pair of knee-high boots for you.
    — Nicola Fumo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Oct. 2022
  • A decade ago, Moscow sophisticates wouldn’t be caught dead trying to order samogon in a bar.
    — Washington Post, 26 June 2019
  • On-road, the Compass is not an off-road warrior like the Wrangler, nor an urbane sophisticate like the Grand Cherokee.
    — cleveland, 2 May 2020
  • Some sophisticates, in New York and Hollywood smart sets, took these artists’ works in stride as populist chic.
    — Steven Strogatz, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Outside the cities, people feel as if they are sneered at by greedy, self-serving urban sophisticates.
    — The Economist, 4 July 2019
  • And in this town of rabid sushi sophisticates, crowning Sabuku Sushi San Diego’s best would be a foolish proposition.
    — Michele Parente, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Gomez was every inch the sophisticate during her appearance, pairing a black skirt and black cardigan with bright red lips.
    — Elizabeth Loga, Glamour, 8 Sep. 2021
  • At the time, the store represented everything to which a young sophisticate could aspire.
    — Christina Binkley, WSJ, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Sydney There’s nothing like a shock election result to force media sophisticates to eat their words.
    — Tom Switzer, WSJ, 19 May 2019
  • Her persona on-screen was that of a glossy, almost mannequin-like sophisticate, a swan-necked beauty with high cheekbones who yearns, cuckolds and destroys with not so much as a Gallic shrug.
    — Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Yeun plays Ben, the sophisticate who dates Hae-mi and accepts Jong-su as a compatriot and confident.
    — Tasha Robinson, The Verge, 4 Nov. 2018
  • When the sophisticate’s string of pearls is mysteriously stolen en route, the mood goes from civilized sitting to human bondage in a matter of seconds.
    — Joe Hsieh, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Neither strivers nor sophisticates, these chronically broke 20-somethings dropped out of high school the minute they were legally permitted to do so.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 9 July 2019
  • Amy Irving stars as Izzy, a downtown woman who’s moved uptown and fancies herself a sophisticate.
    — New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Quiroz is the urban sophisticate, bright and articulate, with a round laughing face and connections with the best restaurants in Mexico City.
    — Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2018
  • This exuberant magnum opus made a big splash when it was published in 1996 and became required reading for young, brainy sophisticates.
    — Brandon Griggs, CNN, 10 May 2020
  • Put another way, come 2217, some things taken for granted now will make savages of today’s sophisticates.
    — Deroy Murdock, National Review, 30 Aug. 2017
  • The buzzy vibe at Primrose, a recent addition, skews more urban sophisticate than traditional ski town, with top-notch service to match.
    — Cindy Hirschfeld, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2023
  • With Kreis offstage, setting this music to the entwinings of bored sophisticates doesn’t make much emotional impact.
    — Lawrence Toppman, charlotteobserver, 19 Oct. 2017
  • As a result, many grape varieties do well in eastern Washington, although none has seized the crown, and one—riesling—has an image problem thanks to a phobia of sweetness among would-be sophisticates.
    — Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 24 Oct. 2017
  • But early on, the transplanted Frenchman was more showman than sophisticate.
    — Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post, 5 May 2020
  • Meanwhile, the investors in Shkreli’s funds were sophisticates with money to burn, Brafman suggested.
    — Stephanie Clifford, The Seattle Times, 29 June 2017
  • One is about well-to-do Manhattan sophisticates, the other focuses on a blue-collar family trying to make ends meet in flyover country.
    — Kristi Turnquist, OregonLive.com, 17 May 2018
  • The government’s apologists have been deriding them as out-of-touch sophisticates.
    — The Economist, 15 June 2019
  • Meanwhile, the investors in Mr. Shkreli’s funds were sophisticates with money to burn, Mr. Brafman suggested.
    — Stephanie Clifford, New York Times, 28 June 2017
  • The film starts with a dozen people waking up in what appears to be a central Arkansas clearing, deposited there by ruthless, urban sophisticates.
    — Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2020
  • This palette is a true sophisticate, using colors once thought to be the prerogative of decorators.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 23 July 2021
  • Paired with leggings, platform boots, and oversized ski googles, the look was snow-bunny sophisticate — completely different from anything this diva has worn before.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Working from their studio in Saint Petersburg, their team of artisans cut, fold and stitch the finest of Italian textiles to craft sophisticate silhouettes that celebrate women.
    — Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 21 May 2021
  • The vibe is decidedly ‘urban-sophisticate’ at its most polished.
    — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022

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