How To Use Louche In A Sentence

I was telling him about last night and he described me as sounding languid and louche, and consequently correctly guessed that I was still in bed.
The spies on both sides are pretty louche characters, and espionage is portrayed as intimately bound up with military and business interests.
Harriet slouched until she was almost hunchbacked, wearing boy's clothes, unironed and grubby.
She stayed slouched down in her chair though, too dizzy to stand up at the moment.
Although it enjoys a louche reputation among the druggie and stag-party sets, it's actually one of the most refined, stylish cities I know.

Although players such as Brooking will not likely be moving anywhere, the second tier of available backers is no group of slouches.
Everything we didthe way we walked, talked, the way we sat slouched, one leg draped across the armrest of the sofadrove him crazy. Postcards from Heaven
This perpetual postadolescent watches movies on a mini-VCR as he slouches around midtown Manhattan in a knitted hat and a purple funk. 'Alice': Half a Wonderland
Small wonder that, mounted on her fiery little mustang, untrammeled by her short gray riding-habit, free as the wind itself that blew through the folds of her flannel blouse, with her brown hair half-loosed beneath her slouched felt hat, she seemed to Dick a more beautiful and womanly figure than the stiff buckramed simulation of man's angularity and precision he had seen in the parks. The Bell-Ringer of Angel's
This canteen (with a funnel on its top, like a cavalier cap slouched over the eyes) was set on edge upon the puncheon, with the hole toward myself; and through this hole, which seemed puckered up like the mouth of a very precise old maid, the creature was emitting certain rumbling and grumbling noises which he evidently intended for intelligible talk. Archive 2008-12-01
Her eyes were bloodshot, her black hair frizzled, her shoulders slouched.
Poor posture, sitting or walking slouched over, compresses the body's organs.
Her hat slouched down to her cheek.
a louche nightclub
The paradox is this: Cultural conservatives revel in condemning the loose moral values and louche lifestyles of “San Francisco liberals.” The Volokh Conspiracy » “Do ‘Family Values’ Weaken Families?”
While green tea may be a nutritional over-achiever, other tea varieties like black and oolong are no slouches either.
AmE lieuténant, BrE lefténant littérateur literatër lorgnette, lorgnon lornyét, lornyón louche loôsh luthier-a maker of stringed instruments such as violins or guitars məshêen madame brothel, Madame title madáme, cf. mádam shopping madeleine mádeleíne mademoiselle madame wàzél maisonette maizonét maître d'hôtel métradô-tél, mâitradô-tél maladroit maladrŏit malcontent malines malêen mandoline (also 'mandolin' in English) mándə-lín margarine marjərìne marque type Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
So many, and not just the young, want the ambience - a louche, bohemian, coffee house style - and not the substance.
He has the louchely thoughtful air of a Fulham Road antiques dealer. Times, Sunday Times
He slouches with disappointment and straightens with hope, matching Terri's corrosiveness with his own brand of compassion and burrowing into the female enclave of Terri's home with both tenderness and tenacity.
Jimmy slouched back in his chair.
Somewhere between circus and living sculpture, it has the thrills and spills of the big top, the aesthetic sensibility of ballet and a hint of louche cabaret.
She slouched in her chair and logged on to her internal e-mail. THE LAST TEMPTATION
Charles Davis came abaft the 'midship-house, and, while we talked, many faces peered over the for'ard edge of the house and many forms slouched into view on the deck on each side of the house. CHAPTER XLV
If Higgins and Tom Kelly are star performers then the others are no slouches either.
There were a hundred or so of Susquehanna raftsmen, grouped about in the ticket office, in every, conceivable position, and dressed in all kinds of inconceivable fashions, the favourite style appearing to be a slouched hat, rough flannel shirt of gorgeous pattern, and bedtick trousers, tucked into high boots. A Run by Rail from Washington to St. Louis
His hat of brown felt slouches over bright red hair; one cuffless hand, lank and long, hangs down inert, the other sleeve falls loose; he is one-armed. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls
A lanky man, with grizzled brows and untrimmed beard, got up slowly from the stringpiece of the wharf and slouched forward to meet Janice Day. Janice Day at Poketown
Meanwhile, as we try ever harder to sell our wares in the States, they're no slouches at the reverse operation.
Don't we take great pride in our city for being open-minded, socially liberal and happily louche?
Her hat slouched down to her cheek.
I was expecting him to burst into "Do The Strand" as soon as I heard Bryan mouth "mambo", but this call to the dancefloor is louche and somewhat lazy in delivery. Comments for FreakyTrigger
A beggar slouches against a wall, his legs festering with open wounds.
The general sits astride his favorite horse, Cincinnati; he is slouched, right arm akimbo, hat pulled low, gazing off in the distance with the cool dispassion for which he was famous. A Great Bronze Tarnished by Neglect
He made no apologies for his rackety lifestyle, his liking for louche and even sleazy companions, his lavish consumption of cigars, brandy and champagne.
They interpenetrate of course and the fact that I've been reading science fiction for thirty-five or more years means that I probably have a somewhat more louche approach to these remarkable possibilities than many people do.
Mandeville and Southgate slouched on their horses, both dressed in leather quilted jackets, their feet encased in long riding boots.
He made no apologies for his rackety lifestyle, his liking for louche and even sleazy companions, his lavish consumption of cigars, brandy and champagne.
Cavayé’s breakneck thriller takes the viewer on an adrenaline-fueled ride through the streets of Paris, and stars newly-minted French star Gilles Lellouche as our Everyman Samuel; the charismatic Roschdy Zem as the menacing criminal Sartet; and the magnetic Elena Anaya as the mother-to-be Nadia. Kristin McCracken: Point Blank: What Would You Do?
He went on to build holiday shacks around the house, and the place became a kind of louche designer commune. Times, Sunday Times
Leonidas muttered; he slouched across the sofa, unaired, sluggish. COUP D'ETAT
Presented with the most sublime, savage and overpowering rock performances of all time, the British slouched sulkily back to their houses.
Fresh of face and louche of manner, they are equal parts Dickensian urchins and Wildean dandies.
To their credit however, those two remaining guards were no slouches.
Even when he toured with Squeeze, the essential London song-writing band of the 1980s, and went on to present the genre-busting youth show The Tube alongside Paula Yates live on Channel 4, Holland always seemed sardonic and quirky rather than dangerous or louche. Jools Holland: why I'm happy just to play the blues
The competition deserves a higher status than it has had in the past, because the clubs involved in it are certainly no slouches.
They make an enjoyably louche double act, though the scene when they are beautified isn't disastrous enough. Times, Sunday Times
Then he slouched from the room, slamming the door behind him. THE BOOK LADY
Not exactly known as slouches in the recording studio, this is still not the kind of behaviour we expect from recording artists these days.
It drank its fill, shook its mane, slouched off down the hill to the dense cover at the edge of the plain. AT THE STROKE OF TWELVE
By opening the 9/11/11 show with the hard-won resolve of "Runaway," a song built around a promise not to run from the realities of relationship, and by allowing that promise to stay studded with more questions than answers, the band burnishes the louche hypotheses of its fine second album, Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers, into a rocky respectability. S.X. Rosenstock: The National at the Hollywood Bowl
The story centres on Sebastian, a louche and over - indulged New Orleans playboy, who has perished in ugly circumstances overseas.
Pontevedro, in Giles Havergal's enticingly louche production, is one of those po-faced principalities whose chief characteristic is taking itself just a little too seriously. The Merry Widow – review
Or he can go for an approximation, adopting a kind of Brooklynese, for example, but this would not evoke DÃ¶blin's louche Berlin milieu so much as Damon Runyon's New York. [ The Genius of Berlin
Ollie cradled his nearly empty brandy glass in both of his hands on his stomach as he slouched in his big chair. THE DUTCH BLUE ERROR
This one is expected to host a rather more louche clientele. Times, Sunday Times
I lay slouched back in my ripped leather chair, legs crossed on the table, eyes shut, and my dune hat (without grosgrain band) slipped slightly below the brow.
Denis came out as a dedicated drinker, enthusiastic golfer, henpecked husband (he refers to Margaret as the Boss) who always found time to carouse with louche characters and occasional dodgy businessmen from his past.
Reporting from Reno- The woman slouched on the steps of the rundown motel, her hair mussed, her pinkish outfit rumpled, her expression perplexed. Latimes.com - News
She slurped her tea as loud as she could, blew on her sandwich, although it wasn't hot, and slouched in her chair.
Some 53% of Scots are so louche about love that they simply aren't bothering to tie the knot because shacking up together is cheaper.
It should be noted the Khan of Kabul and his soldiers were no slouches either, giving the British several hidings in the late 19th Century.
And finally, at the request of La Ross himself, those popular hitmakers of the day Roxy Music, where the reanimated corpse of Bryan Ferry will assume a louche posture on a chaise longue and deliver controversial bon mots over the sound of hunting bugles and his posho son picking off the riff-raff with a 12-bore shotgun. Jonathan Ross Made Kelly Osbourne Hysterical?
Karen runs up the stairs after her, as a defeated and dejected Mrs. Tilford slouches out the door.
He stood slouched against one of the set's walls, his hands in his pockets and his feet crossed at the ankles.
He slouched in the back row and got systematically ripped.
But the allies were no slouches either, and they incorporated their war correspondents much more closely into the military machine.
Except for his impeccably accented English and a certain indefinable air about his bearing (I always say no one slouches quite as elegantly as an Englishman), an observer might have taken my son for one of the Egyptians among whom he had spent most of his life. Excerpt: He Shall Thunder In The Sky by Elizabeth Peters
Brighton, on the south coast and one hour by train from London, is the most raffish, louche and exciting of British seaside towns.
The exhibition is an intriguing throwback to another era: a world of louche nightclubs, obliging hostesses and champagne all round. Times, Sunday Times
And the supporting cast isn't a bunch of slouches.
Half-slouched, her elbow rested gingerly on the thin armrest, with her head propped up with her hand.
Jones made his fortune as a hip-swinging, winkingly louche purveyor of lounge pop in its purest, giddiest forms. Album review: Tom Jones, "Praise & Blame"
He slouches to his feet and leans against a wall to be photographed, all limbs and mortified smile.
Haggard and pale, shabbily or raggedly dressed, their and down at heel, they slouched past.
And big city police forces are no slouches either.
Beat’s outer trappings — black turtlenecks, cigarette pants, neckerchiefs, berets — is indebted less to Jack Kerouac and his wayward cohort, who slouched about in frayed flannel shirts, than to stylized interpretations in movies like “Funny Face” or the less well-known “Subterraneans,’’ a 1960 film based on a Kerouac novel about the kinky denizens of North Beach in San Francisco. August 2006
Or perhaps that's just static from the man-made fibres sported by the louche characters draping themselves across the furniture.
The other two boys slouched against the wall, long legs dangling, looking incredibly crowded, broad shoulders nearly brushing, limbs and bodies crammed, cramped, sardined on the little bed.
The historically louche behaviour definitely has more charm.
Sam slouched back and propped his elbows up on the bench behind him.
Too many gorgeous stripped athletes had he seen slouched into conventional garmenting, to expect too much of the marvelous creature in the white silken swimming suit when it should appear garbed as civilized women garb. CHAPTER X
Honest Roger, the red-haired coachman, would have looked like a clown in a pantomime, in front of a fashionable equipage; and Simon the footboy, who slouched at my back, would have been mistaken for an idle urchin surreptitiously enjoying a ride. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 400, November 21, 1829
The boy in front of me has an odd posture: almost in a fetal position, slouched far, far down.
Jimmy slouched back in his chair.
Perhaps Cook could still be successfully de-poshed, taught to say the word "serviette" and to look a bit less like a Back to the Future-style preview of Prince William and Kate Middleton's louche ski-holidaying middle son. Now England have won the Ashes, it's time to focus on being liked | Barney Ronay
He walks over to the brown cane chair by the porch swing and slouches down in It.
The brigandish guise which the Canaller so proudly sports; his slouched and gaily-ribboned hat betoken his grand features. Moby Dick; or the Whale
If you can't dance, stand at the bar and look louche.
Armed soldiers lined the walls and slouched in the galleries of the courtroom as du Toit testified.
The other man, in nondescript garments that were both of the sea and shore, and that must have been uncomfortably hot, slouched and shambled like an overgrown ape. Chapter 14
Sam slouched back into the bleachers and propped his elbows up on the bench behind him. FOLLOW THE SHARKS
But imagine that in the background, as this wee slip of a lass is performing, this dude in leather trousers and lounge-singer frilly shirt is wandering about, looking louche and lusty. Archive 2008-10-01
An imposing man with the makings of a beard splotched across his face, Garrard skulked down the grimy Philadelphia streets slouched forward as if his muscles were barely contained within his hoodie. 365 tomorrows » 2009 » August : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
I gave a disgusted sigh and moved away from the living room and slouched down in one of the kitchen chairs.
The man was from Mexico, a London boy transplanted into a hot Hispanic city, where he was throwing away his brains and education on a louche life of nightclubs and restaurants.
Then he slouched from the room, slamming the door behind him. THE BOOK LADY
He cites the heat as a possible problem to contend with and the opposition may be no slouches either.
Not Hall of Famers, perhaps, but no slouches either.
Unshaven, scruffy, with greasy brown hair, he slouches in a woollen ski hat, totally self-absorbed.
The actors of Hoffman's New York-based company were no slouches either.
Ikeda was slouched in a stuffed chair, head tilted back and supported by a pillow as he slept peacefully.
Accuracy is achieved by a cool hand and head, and at Ilparpa, the shooters are no slouches.
Tammie's debosh and my own, besides the trifle of threepence to the round - shouldered old horse-couper with the slouched japan beaver hat. The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself
One boy is slouched down in his chair, wearing a baseball cap, the bill turned backward.
Nouveau venu sur la scëne, Raedawn, turntablist acharnè, dèmarre trës fort avec ce mix de 80 minutes, qui confronte a peu prës tout ce que le hip-hop mondial a pu engendrer comme tendances, des plus underground aux plus mainstream, en y ajoutant une bonne louche díèlectronica warpienne, et quelques bootlegs díanthologie. WN.com - Articles related to England boss Fabio Capello: My team won't be bored or turn to booze in South Africa
Service was reasonably snappy, if occasionally louche, the prices were very reasonable given the size of the portions and the ambience was mixed and lively.
Sitting at a nearby table, under a revolving mirror ball, Steve seems immune to such louche diversions.
Ondine's had the reputation of being both smart and raffish, lavish and louche at the same time as rigidly exclusive. THE WHITE DOVE
Meanwhile local residents, no slouches when it comes to campaigning against projects which they deem to be unacceptable, can be expected to keep matters under close scrutiny.
Roman tales of Cleopatra as louche and languid, a bedizened wastrel, are probably crudely slanted. In All Her Infinite Variety
Sure enough, its reputation for unorthodoxy has gradually brought together a louche bunch of demented geniuses.
` ` Well, you rascallion, go, mind your duty; this gentleman and I belong to the service; but be sure you look after that shy cock in the slouched hat that sits in the corner of the coach. The Waverley
It was obvious from where he slouched at the bar and where his eyes roamed that he was a pepper man.
A couple of boys were slouched over the table reading magazines.
On an adjacent roof top, Bandit found a place where he could see Zoe in her living room, slouched in a cushiony chair while her mother busied herself in the kitchen, seemingly making sandwiches for the road.
He made no apologies for his rackety lifestyle, his liking for louche and even sleazy companions, his lavish consumption of cigars, brandy and champagne.
I slouched into my chair, moving my back around to avoid hitting the bruises.
AmE lieuténant, BrE lefténant littérateur literatër lorgnette, lorgnon lornyét, lornyón louche loôsh luthier-a maker of stringed instruments such as violins or guitars məshêen madame brothel, Madame title madáme, cf. mádam shopping madeleine mádeleíne mademoiselle madame wàzél maisonette maizonét maître d'hôtel métradô-tél, mâitradô-tél maladroit maladrŏit malcontent malines malêen mandoline (also 'mandolin' in English) mándə-lín margarine marjərìne marmalade - màrmalâde marmite marquee Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
This has a rather louche red interior, which clashes somewhat with the maroon shirts of the waiters. Times, Sunday Times
I threw my backpack next to his desk with disgust, and slouched in his chair.
This canteen (with a funnel on its top, like a cavalier cap slouched over the eyes) was set on edge upon the puncheon, with the hole toward myself; and through this hole, which seemed puckered up like the mouth of a very precise old maid, the creature was emitting certain rumbling and grumbling noises which he evidently intended for intelligible talk. Archive 2008-12-01
He had hoped to be a literary writer, moving around on the festival circuit, enjoying a louche and contemplative lifestyle. Times, Sunday Times
Lunchtime drinking gets you a desirable reputation for being louche but without much actual drinking. Times, Sunday Times
And few of those hold a candle to magnificent Ms. Jones and her mighty Dap-Kings, a collective powerhouse on stage and no slouches in the studio either.
He walks over to the brown cane chair by the porch swing and slouches down in It.
In pre-Las Vegas America, when gambling was illicit and had a louche charm, the natural domain of the disreputable was the poker table, the race track and the pool hall. A Good Lie
Now the neighborhood's louche reputation has given way to one of trendiness, as a number of intimate, fashionable restaurants have moved into this tiny Mayfair enclave.
They have to win something and they are prepared to leave the louche life behind. Times, Sunday Times
It's December at the dog-end of the last century and Liam slouches on a sofa in a Santa Monica hotel, curling his bottom lip and affecting disinterest.
We aren't exactly a bunch of slouches, and they've stuck it to us.
Seated in the dock, flanked by prison officers, he adopted his customary stance - shoulders slouched forward, head bowed.
Lounge lizards will welcome this louche downtown bar boasting one of North America's largest vodka selections not to mention world-class wines.
It has the taint of the louche, as did its forebear, the nautch show.
Sam slouched back and propped his elbows up on the bench behind him.
Tammie's debosh and my own, besides the trifle of threepence to the round-shouldered old horse-couper with the slouched japan beaver hat. The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith
She slouches less in her wheelchair, raises her head more and looks at people in a more direct manner.
So being in an alcohol-free bookmaker's shop in Scotland, with greyhound racing on the telly, was as alien to the French party as is the interior of a louche nightclub in the Pigalle of Paris to me.
Their two-year courtship was spent among the Chelsea set - a fast group of bohemian artists and media types not averse to giving louche parties.
One boy is slouched down in his chair, wearing a baseball cap, the bill turned backward.
the louche world of the theater
He went on to build holiday shacks around the house, and the place became a kind of louche designer commune. Times, Sunday Times
'Well, you rascallion, go, mind your duty; this gentleman and I belong to the service; but be sure you look after that shy cock in the slouched hat that sits in the corner of the coach. Waverley
For a moment I almost felt guilty for being so short with him as his gaze fell and he slouched into his chair.
In the best-known photograph of him, he slouches with one lazy hand on his rifle, sporting a squint that makes him seem none too bright.
Evan also clanked his chains as he shrugged and slouched further down in his seat, staring at his scarred wrists.
He was blond and good-looking, if a touch louche: a bit like a minor character out of PG Wodehouse, only with a Dublin accent.
He was a pretty louche character, exactly the sort of toff who became involved in this practice. Times, Sunday Times
But the highly-trained fighters of the Royal Navy have now shown they are no slouches on land, particularly when it comes to winter sports.
‘He's a wretch,’ says Amis in his familiar louche drawl, at its sneary best on such occasions, and perfect for them.
He slouched and drooped his arms in a bored manner.
Witty examinations of the more louche aspects of sexuality are masked by music so exquisite that the provocative subject matter barely registers.
The tousled hair's intact, but, at 57, the formerly cherubic face is somewhat worn, making him look more louche than ever.
Louche and loungey, the interior is done up in chrome and white leather, all beautifully offset by deep milky blue walls.
He's quick to point out that the early classes weren't populated by slouches.
If cancer truly slouched to its birth, as Auerbach suspected, then perhaps one could still intervene on that progression in its earliest stages—by attacking precancer rather than cancer. The Emperor of All Maladies
Stone slouched against the teak railing, sipping at the champagne, his mind at ease. CORMORANT
Poor posture, sitting or walking slouched over, compresses the body's organs.
A couple of boys were slouched over the table reading magazines.
Jones made his fortune as a hip-swinging, winkingly louche purveyor of lounge pop in its purest, giddiest forms. Album review: Tom Jones, "Praise & Blame"
When a person does not feel that his actions are significant, he either allows impulses to dominate his behavior or slouches into inactivity.
Before long (in terms of movie time), in the midst of a dinner party, Georgiana cries out in pain as the incipient noble dukeling slouches towards a birthing. PegasusNews.com stories

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