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Recent Examples of soubrette
She is gifted with a lovely color of a lyric soprano suitable for roles in the spectrum from a lyric, lyric coloratura to a soubrette.
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Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
Not only did diners want to enjoy her singing in the cabaret, no doubt many could not resist coming to see for themselves the soubrette who had inspired such fury in the late George VI.
—Olivia Williams, Town & Country, 1 June 2021
That show featured a song called 'The Yama Yama Man,’ in which chorus girls cavorted in Yama Yama suits while a soubrette sang about the creepy Yama Yama Man.
—Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2017
Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
Not only did diners want to enjoy her singing in the cabaret, no doubt many could not resist coming to see for themselves the soubrette who had inspired such fury in the late George VI.
—Olivia Williams, Town & Country, 1 June 2021
That show featured a song called 'The Yama Yama Man,’ in which chorus girls cavorted in Yama Yama suits while a soubrette sang about the creepy Yama Yama Man.
—Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soubrette
coquette
Noun
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Nicky Hilton Rothschild Hilton Rothschild made her case for the return of coquette — a post-pandemic trend centered around hyper-feminine fashion — with a half-up pony secured by a satin ribbon, which mirrored the design on her Marc Jacobs dress.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Ciara’s bloomers went full coquette with a string waistband, a panel of black satin right under her waistband, and several layers of sheer black lace that gave the shorts a little extra volume.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Soubrette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soubrette. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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