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Recent Examples of enfant terrible From the get-go, many recognized Ms. Sagan as a genuine talent, with critics likening her to the fellow literary enfant terrible Colette. Sadie Stein, New York Times, 14 May 2025 Artist, filmmaker, and former enfant terrible Harmony Korine is closing in on the New York premiere of his latest film, Baby Invasion. Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 17 Mar. 2025 Well, my editor, Judith Regan, was the enfant terrible of publishing in the ‘90s. Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024 The political enfants terribles of the Left, Right, and center are stuck with one another until July 2025 — the soonest that another snap election can be called. Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for enfant terrible
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Noun
  • Henry Jaglom, the maverick auteur who crafted deeply intimate and unconventional films that explored the intricacies of relationships and the quirkiness of human behavior, has died.
    Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Jazz is an art form with an outsized share of mavericks, rebels, and creative dissidents who’ve built careers by blazing their own particular paths.
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As Kissinger understood, even lone rangers need friends.
    MARGARET MACMILLAN, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2025
  • And while his rivals have landed serious blows against him, he’s embraced the tabloid-style frenzy at each of those junctures, incorporating them into his narrative identity as an underappreciated lone ranger constantly battling the world.
    TIME, TIME, 7 May 2024
Noun
  • Federal authorities have long warned about potential lone wolf attackers.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Think wolf pack versus lone wolf.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For decades, Ibiza has been drawing free spirits, New Age wellness seekers, and party people who keep its clubs pulsing until dawn.
    Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Pamela is a self-effacing free spirit whose honesty and abandonment cast a spell on the embittered Wendall.
    Rance Collins, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Enfant terrible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enfant%20terrible. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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