Examples of soup du jour in a Sentence
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The lunch lineup includes your choice of starter (soup du jour, salade verte or escargot with Pernod-garlic butter), an entree (moules frites, tuna Nicoise or roasted chicken breast) and dessert (cherry clafoutis or Noel Royale bittersweet-chocolate fondant).
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John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
McCaffrey acted as if he’d been asked what the soup du jour was.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
A la carte items include a deluxe salad bar ($3), a bowl of soup du jour ($2) and desserts ($2).
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2021
In an industry once dominated by matte foundations and theater-grade contour kits, sheer skin tints and finger-painterly balms are makeup's soup du jour.
—Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 26 Sep. 2022
Chef Ibti of Sudan makes a standout soup du jour with stuffed-cheese potato bread.
—al, 19 Nov. 2019
Ask what yesterday’s soup du jour was before today’s special.
—Lindsay Silberman, Town & Country, 31 May 2017
Menu: Kumamoto oysters or a salmon-fennel-leek tartlette as an appetizer, then butter salad with walnuts and Roquefort or a soup du jour for the second course.
—Benjy Egel, sacbee, 13 Feb. 2018
The soup du jour, teeming with chunks of beef, potatoes and green beans, was similarly light but with a potent, fiery broth.
—Alaska Dispatch News, 13 Sep. 2017
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John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
McCaffrey acted as if he’d been asked what the soup du jour was.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
A la carte items include a deluxe salad bar ($3), a bowl of soup du jour ($2) and desserts ($2).
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2021
In an industry once dominated by matte foundations and theater-grade contour kits, sheer skin tints and finger-painterly balms are makeup's soup du jour.
—Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 26 Sep. 2022
Chef Ibti of Sudan makes a standout soup du jour with stuffed-cheese potato bread.
—al, 19 Nov. 2019
Ask what yesterday’s soup du jour was before today’s special.
—Lindsay Silberman, Town & Country, 31 May 2017
Menu: Kumamoto oysters or a salmon-fennel-leek tartlette as an appetizer, then butter salad with walnuts and Roquefort or a soup du jour for the second course.
—Benjy Egel, sacbee, 13 Feb. 2018
The soup du jour, teeming with chunks of beef, potatoes and green beans, was similarly light but with a potent, fiery broth.
—Alaska Dispatch News, 13 Sep. 2017
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“Soup du jour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soup%20du%20jour. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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