How to Use passé in a Sentence

passé

adjective

• That style of music is now considered passé.
• The church may be polarized and waning, and conscience may be passe in the Trump era.
  — The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board, sacbee, 29 May 2018
• This isn't the first time Starbucks has decided old media is too passe for its cafes.
  — CBS News, 12 July 2019
• This isn't the first time Starbucks has decided old media is too passe for its cafes.
  — Madeline Purdue, USA TODAY, 12 July 2019
• And posts on Leonardo DiCaprio's Auburn hat are now borderline passe.
  — Jeremy Henderson, AL.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• The idea of a regular boutique almost seems just as passe as malls are becoming.
  — Isa Giallorenzo, Chicago Reader, 9 Mar. 2018
• So please settle this debate: Are critter shorts timeless or passe?
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 8 May 2018
• Pastel de nata’s rivals Not that pasteis de nata are passe.
  — Paul Ames, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
• Coming at a time when the overt objectification of women seems passe, the message seems just right.
  — Sylvia Hui, The Seattle Times, 18 Feb. 2018
• For many millennials, that stigma is passe, and a band of progressive men is working diligently to shred it.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
• Start-up incubators are a bit passe and involve actual work.
  — Naomi Datta, Quartz India, 15 Dec. 2019
• But Snapchat is stepping up its game to lure more people away from Facebook, the social media Goliath that is growing passe for the next generation of smartphone users.
  — Greg Larose, NOLA.com, 3 Apr. 2018
• Valdes balanced on one leg for what felt like eons, changing positions from arabesque to passe develope without the use of her partner, Patricio Reve.
  — Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2018
• Now, the universality of the material comes off as generic, banal and passe.
  — Lee Williams, OregonLive.com, 14 Aug. 2017
• Sticking to remote work where one’s spare bedroom becomes the backdrop to important business meetings is becoming quite passe.
  — Michael Alpiner, Forbes, 28 June 2021
• The band paid their Hollywood dues for years, including a late ‘70s to early ‘80s period when hard-rock/metal was considered completely passe.
  — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 19 May 2022
• Post-independence, Indians adopted it as an alternative to the business suit, although it’s now seen as passe.
  — Nancy MacDonell, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2019
• Their torrid second-half start ended the ambiguity of the Mariners’ status as either a buyer or seller (though Dipoto said that whole concept is passe nowadays).
  — Larry Stone, The Seattle Times, 20 July 2017
• Printed books aren’t just passe, they have been unfairly associated with ideas about elitism and the life of mind, which terrify museum professionals on this side of the Atlantic.
  — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
• Running a profitable business is somewhat passe in Silicon Valley.
  — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2017
• Democrats, led by presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, declared their jobs passe.
  — Robert Samuels, Washington Post, 2 June 2017
• There’s no real rhyme or reason for one ingredient to be popular while another is considered passe.
  — Amanda Cushman, charlotteobserver, 28 Apr. 2017
• Stock exchange businesses reliant on volatile volumes are increasingly passe in a world of computerized trading.
  — Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
• Betting on wins or losses is passe.
  — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026