How to Use je ne sais quoi in a Sentence

je ne sais quoi

noun

• Although the sculpture had flaws, it also had a certain je ne sais quoi that made it very appealing.
• Like that little je ne sais quoi of it.
  — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 June 2026
• And the je ne sais quoi of this track grew on me a little.
  — Charlie Harding, Vulture, 15 May 2026
• And beyond the food, a little bit of je ne sais quoi.
  — Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2025
• Turns out je ne sais quoi isn’t just a French thing after all.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2017
• Paris set the perfect stage for a couple rich with je ne sais quoi.
  — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Dec. 2017
• And nowhere is that je ne sais quoi more evident than in their shoes.
  — Shelby Comroe, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
• Now the Cards need to find a certain je ne sais quoi to fix it.
  — Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal, 6 Feb. 2018
• So what’s the je ne sais quoi that celebrity streamers seem to have?
  — Alexandra Ossola, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2021
• Honey is that je ne sais quoi, that sauce, that Black girl magic.
  — Huda Hassan, refinery29.com, 22 July 2021
• There's just been a certain je ne sais quoi about the hue that many can't quite put their finger on.
  — Donna Freydkin, Allure, 29 Aug. 2018
• Use it as a belt to cinch the waist of a dress, or sling it around your hips for that je ne sais quoi factor.
  — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 1 Feb. 2023
• Wake up your face with blush, bronzer, and highlighter that adds a perfect je ne sais quoi of color.
  — SELF, 20 July 2022
• This had a certain je ne sais quoi, but our panelists struggled to figure out if that was a good thing.
  — Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
• For the next several weeks, lean into your signature je ne sais quoi.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 29 June 2018
• Others gravitate to rooms with views, or dishes with a French je ne sais quoi.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023
• Plus, the slightly unlaced corset has a sort of je ne sais quoi to it that's pretty fabulous.
  — Seventeen, 1 June 2022
• What Birkin did have is je ne sais quoi, to her misfortune as much as to her advantage.
  — Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
• What struck me was how the event’s je ne sais quoi seemed to perfectly fit that of its host community.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 8 Dec. 2022
• So, yeah, there is more than a little je ne sais quoi to why people who like wagons really like them.
  — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 19 Mar. 2026
• The designer has a loyal group of fans for her crisp clothes oozing with bohemian je ne sais quoi.
  — Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 14 June 2018
• Movies that have that certain je ne sais quoi that almost seems to feed off the audience reaction.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
• A little bit of scrunch popping out from the bottom of a maxi skirt or dress adds a whole lot of effortless je ne sais quoi.
  — Marykate Boylan, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2023
• Basically, the end result is a small heart of highlighter on the tip of your nose that adds some je ne sais quoi to your look.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 1 Feb. 2022
• But there’s a certain je ne sais quoi missing on The Romantic.
  — Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2026
• That's like the je ne sais quoi, the sweet spot of keeping us in this flux that didn't align with building generational wealth.
  — Sydney Gore, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2021
• Zach Braff and Vanessa Hudgens have a certain je ne sais quoi in their new movie.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
• If a deviation from brand guidelines adds quality, depth or a certain je ne sais quoi, then why not?
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
• On the high end, these are popular crowd pleasers with good food that is sometimes great, that just seem to be missing that certain je ne sais quoi.
  — Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
• The smokiness balances out the shock of color by adding a sultriness and a bit of that Parisian je ne sais quoi.
  — Sophia Panych, Allure, 7 Mar. 2018