How to Use de rigueur in a Sentence

de rigueur

adjective

• Dark sunglasses are de rigueur these days.
• All-white kitchens have been de rigueur for the better part of the last decade.
  — Jessica Dailey, Good Housekeeping, 11 Feb. 2019
• Keeping the ball out of play and putting it out of play are de rigueur.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2019
• But then Jason gets in a de rigueur cheap shot at the club.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 9 July 2020
• Jeans and boots—and tousled hair—are de rigueur at both places.
  — Bon Appetit, 13 Apr. 2017
• Jewels are de rigueur once more to a man’s black-tie wardrobe.
  — Leena Kim and Olivia Hosken, Town & Country, 17 May 2022
• Loafers were very kind of de rigueur as far as I was concerned.
  — Vogue, 5 June 2018
• For men at the Masters polos and khakis are de rigueur.
  — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
• The event was costume de rigueur: men wore white tie and tails, women were in evening gowns.
  — Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 15 Oct. 2017
• On the Spring 2023 runways, barely there brows were de rigueur once again.
  — Tia Williams, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Feb. 2023
• So how did the lightweight dewy look become de rigueur?
  — Sarah Todd, Quartzy, 24 July 2019
• In the old days, buffets and Western comfort foods were de rigueur.
  — Mary Holland, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2024
• But is this kind of project, within the next few years, going to become de rigueur?
  — John Werner, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
• Miller sharply criticizes that toll, which is de rigueur in the business.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 9 July 2022
• Which is all the more reason that an E-Type should be de rigueur in collectors’ garages.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2025
• Which is all the more reason that an E-Type should be de rigueur in collectors’ garages.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2025
• There has been much talk, since mask wearing became de rigueur, about the death of lipstick.
  — April Long, Town & Country, 4 Dec. 2020
• The humor courses through the score, which is a few cuts above the de rigueur movie-to-musical standard.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
• This glistening grape and gold duo is sure to shine against the season’s de rigueur flute(s) of bubbly.
  — Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2018
• The white haze that settled in the stadium has become de rigueur for West Coast games in the days since the wildfires torched 10 states.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2020
• Women have stepped down from the high heels once considered de rigueur.
  — New York Times, 2 Aug. 2021
• Summer swimwear has come a long way since itty-bitty string bikinis were de rigueur for the beach and by the pool.
  — Amanda Randone, refinery29.com, 31 May 2024
• Among other things, this is the festival of chocolate, so a recipe is de rigueur.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 10 Apr. 2020
• This rigmarole has grown de rigueur enough to inspire a meme.
  — Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, 22 Aug. 2017
• In its place, bottles of craft pale ales, IPAs and the like, with their fancy labels, became de rigueur.
  — oregonlive, 24 Jan. 2020
• Novel then, the formula is de rigueur today for the most accomplished performance cars.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
• That’s de rigueur ahead of any deal talk.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
• The group adds more companies’ inventory at a time when doing so is fast becoming de rigueur.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
• Nudity is now de rigueur in every film.
  — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
• Obviously, an appearance from Weird Al in this franchise feels de rigueur.
  — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025