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Usage examples of "perignon".

Philip had ordered a bottle of Dom Perignon, and whilst they waited for it to be brought to the table, Paula leaned closer to Emily.

It was Dom Perignon and the first alcohol she had touched since Marcus had drugged her.

Oakenwald Kijafla, cherry brandy in the same sense that Dom Perignon was sparkling wine, and beyond the pockets of most freemen.

They were married by a justice of the peace in a three-minute ceremony and then were swept off by Al and his wife for a wedding luncheon, Al making ribald remarks about the amount of Dom Perignon Keith was consuming.

Rommel took the bottle of Dom Perignon from the ice bucket that Monsieur Bernard had brought in earlier and uncorked it.

They had a bottle of Dom Perignon '56, beluga caviar with full accompaniments.

In the kitchen was a bottle of Dom Perignon on ice and a huge plate of smoked salmon.

Keep'm, give'm away, I don't care what you do with them, but get me a nice cold bottle of Dom Perignon right away, OK?

Dunross thought Dom Perignon overpriced and overrated and knew the year, '54, was not a particularly good one.

It seemed to Isabella that their minds had been stimulated rather than dulled by the Dom Perignon.

In the plush backseat she found an elaborate bouquet of three dozen white roses and a chilled bottle of Dom Perignon.

Gelda felt light-headed, as giddy as if she had just consumed an entire bottle of Dom Perignon.

Preso dalla febbre romantica, disse al direttore della cappella che voleva venti dozzine di rose rosse, venti dozzine di garofani bianchi, un buon organista (niente musica registrata) in grado di suonare musica tradizionale, tante candele che l'altare potesse essere illuminato senza la luce elettrica, una bottiglia di Dom Perignon con cui concludere i festeggiamenti e un fotografo di prima classe per riprendere la cerimonia.

After closing the bedroom door, Travis put a second bottle of Dom Perignon in an ice bucket and loaded a compact-disk player with four albums of George Winston's most mellow piano music.

Of course no amount of amusing talk, no quantity of icy Dom Perignon could render her unaware of the excitement that was building in the showroom as curtain time drew near.