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• "Now it's chic to read Nigerian books and proclaim, 'I don't read American books.'"2025 November 12, Ed Nawotka, “African Publishers Battle ‘Wakanda Problem’ as Market Grows”, in Publishers Weekly. From the entry Wakandan
• So I saw these new, really chic trousers from this high-end store called Walmart.2023 November 10, Julia Ain, Instagram. From the entry fit check
• Reactionary motifs are chic: Trump hats and “tradwife” frocks, monarchist and anti-feminist sentiments.2022 August 9, Julia Yost, “New York’s Hottest Club Is the Catholic Church”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry tradwife
• If the slogan is somewhat “tongue in chic,” to use Lehrman's phrase, it's not far off base.2013 September 11, John King, “Nob Hill fading from view”, in San Francisco Chronicle. From the entry tongue in chic
• Cons: sometimes shabby rather than shabby chic; not much to do in vicinity; minimum stay required.2012, Fodor's, Fodor's England 2013: with the Best of Wales, Fodor's Travel. From the entry shabby chic
• But geek chic is more than just a personal style statement.2012 May 14, Sean Gregory, “NBA Nerd Alert. A studious look is redefining pro style”, in Time, volume 179, number 19, New York, N.Y.: Time…. From the entry dorktastic
• Do you want to sound like you're on the cutting edge of geek chic?2010, Vicky Oliver, 301 Smart Answers to Tough Business Etiquette Questions, →ISBN, page 196. From the entry geek chic
• Though I dig the tacticool chic, Dixon, I'm an immortal, remember?2010, Kresley Cole, Demon from the Dark, page 81. From the entry tacticool
• No longer the playground of the ubernerdy, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) is tres chic.2009 May 7, Chana Garcia, “Filling the STEM gap”, in Black Enterprise. From the entry ubernerdy
• Glunge we can do; I don't think anyone's ready for the return of heroin chic.2009 August 1, Jess Cartner-Morley, “How to dress: The grunge revival”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024. From the entry glunge
• Part of looking effortlessly chic is having the ability to look good but not matchy-matchy perfect.2008, Nancy Marie, “Chic and Stylish”, in Style, Beauty, Trimness, [s.l.]: Fabuleux Paris, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry matchy-matchy
• Korine wants to throw up the MTV-advertising world of perfect, chic imagery and fluent salesmanship.1997, David Denby, “Clawless”, in New York Magazine, volume 30, number 42, page 52. From the entry salesmanship
• "No Day Like Sunday" is becoming a chic weekly institution among the snooty and glam lesbian set.1996, Library Journal. From the entry glam lesbian
• On the ground floor, the chic and the schlubby are slowly rendering the bar invisible.1992 June 29 – July 6, Phoebe Eaton, “The Cool World: Table Dancing, Slalom Shots, and Other Strange Rites of the Night”, in Edward…. From the entry schlubby
• The women drive pick-up trucks and seem more at ease in double-knits than dyke chic.1979 December 29, Maida Tilchen, “Polyester Lesbians”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 23, page 16. From the entry double knit
• The chic and intellectually impressive ones remain pristine, betraying that they have remained unfingered since purchase.1975 September, New York Magazine, volume 8, number 39. From the entry unfingered
• A chic little dress, also of black cotton, had a rainbow-striped banding over the tummie.1943 May 11, Virginia Pope, “Cotton Styles, Both Sturdy and Feminine, Are Displayed by ‘Farmerettes’ at Show”, in The New York Times, New…. From the entry tummie
• Princess Beatrice was the epitome of smart casual chic as she attended Poppy Delevingne's Della Vite Valentine's lunch on Thursday.2024 February 1, Ellen Coughlan, “Princess Beatrice pulls off granny chic in grey sweater vest and loafers as she attends Poppy…. From the entry granny chic
• At a time when “heroin chic” ruled the runway, the press tormented the granddaughter of Roald Dahl about her curvier body.2023 November 18, Jess Cartner-Morley, Chloe Mac Donnell, “40 outrageous photos that changed fashion, from teenage Kate Moss to Twiggy in…. From the entry runway
• Julianne Moore’s Chanel was woefully drippy, Jennifer Aniston’s mermaid Versace was stale as five-day-old bread and Kerry Washington wore maid-of-honour chic.2015 February 23, “Oscars 2015: 10 things we learned”, in The Guardian (London). From the entry drippy
• That Rite likes to think of as (geek chic).2014, Aeriell Lawton, Killer Cure, →ISBN. From the entry geek chic
• Almost all hijabis I encountered—except Intisar, Elizabeth, Sharmila, and Muna—were chic hijabis typically garbed in attractive, elegant, yet modest ensembles.2014, Shabana Mir, Muslim American Women on Campus: Undergraduate Social Life, →ISBN. From the entry hijabi
• The Shida District appeals to the young and chic, and the Shilin District market is impressive for its sheer size.2013 April 11, Yeou-Jey Hsu, “36 Hours in Taipei, Taiwan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2013…. From the entry Shilin
• You live in the more chic part of Kreuzberg.”2011, Douglas Kennedy, The Moment, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 173. From the entry wrong side of the tracks
• Can the rumpled elegance and mismatched opulence of shabby chic find happiness with cutting edge digital tools and techniques?2011, Jeanne Wines-Reed, Joan Wines, Digital Scrapbooking For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 72. From the entry shabby chic
• Madeline Weinrib, for one, works with traditional artisans to update the hand-woven ikats she uses for her chic clutches.2008 June 12, Susan Joy, “Smooth Translations”, in New York Times. From the entry ikat
• Matchy-Matchy is no longer considered the height of chic.2008, Nancy Marie, “Chic and Stylish”, in Style, Beauty, Trimness, [s.l.]: Fabuleux Paris, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry matchy-matchy
• Phenomenally successful as she is, there are still those among us who think flower-patterned drapes with deedly-ball fringe are chic.2000, Joel Perry, Funny That Way: Adventures in Fabulousness, Los Angeles, C.A.; New York, N.Y.: Alyson Books, →ISBN, page 164. From the entry deedlee ball
• That's nearly 50 pence for a stamp!) and some fruit and vegetables at a chic fruitique close to a fountain.1997, Bill Cooper, Laurel Cooper, Back Door to Byzantium: To the Black Sea by the Great Rivers of Europe, Sheridan House, →ISBN, page 58. From the entry fruitique
• He was aware that some of this shabbification of Vuitton chic would run into trouble with the company’s strict quality control.1997 September 14, Zoë Heller, “Jacobs' Ladder”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2025. From the entry shabbification
• He thinks it's chic to have a bilingual wife.1980, Paul Schrader, American Gigolo, spoken by Michelle (Lauren Hutton). From the entry bilingual
• They are not so chic, these kids.1976 June 7, Nik Cohn, “Inside the Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night”, in New York Magazine. From the entry prate
• She has chic, which, too, is unprincessly.1906 July 11, Truth: A Weekly Journal, volume LX, number 1541, London: “Truth” Buildings, […], published 1907, page 88, column 1. From the entry unprincessly

Meaning of chic

1. adjective Elegant, stylish.
2. noun Good form; style.
3. noun A person with (a particular type of) chic.

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How do you use chic in a sentence?

Chic is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “This style of coiffure gives to the grown child a chic appearance and naive insouciance that is very fascinating.”

What is a short sentence with chic?

“The heroin chics were nodding out.”

What does chic mean?

Chic means elegant, stylish.