Dressed in black tuxedos and top hats, the groomsmen were an elegant addition to the wedding party.    From LearnThat.org. 

Laguiole French 3 piece cheese serving set in elegant box.    From Wordnik.com.  [la mère porteuse - French Word-A-Day] Reference

Everything Jews believe is in elegant opposition to basic Biblical precepts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference

Now that is what I call an elegant property, if you don’t mind me saying so.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Blackstone Key] Reference

At that time even a repast was called elegant, which is scarcely the case among us.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference

The words of the songs looked very strange, handprinted in elegant monastic Latin types.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jenny: A Novel] Reference

Inside everything was painted in elegant light colours and looked very clean and sterile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blonde, Black and Blood Red] Reference

Classic words, in elegant tones and playful dapples, lull the mind to a beautiful magical realism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dreams | Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast] Reference

One-third worked in elegant restaurants; others in more casual eateries, including fast-food places.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chefs dish it out, and then some] Reference

That grows on mountains too, but also on many other places; shoots up in elegant tufts almost a yard high.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Helmet] Reference

This more masculine ensemble, while still elegant, is a fun departure from the brunette's closet of dresses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Red Carpet Wrap: Hathaway, Hudson Fashion Battle At ‘Bride Wars’ Premiere » MTV Movies Blog] Reference

It allowed players to target virtual minarets in elegant Vienna and pastoral Alpine villages with a single word, "stop.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Anti-Muslim feelings propel right wing in Europe] Reference

The house looks simple and elegant from the inside with the upper floor possessing sliding glass windows to enjoy the view outside.    From Wordnik.com.  [Casa Gutierrez in El Salvador by P&P Architects] Reference

From where Winston stood it was just possible to read, picked out on its white face in elegant lettering, the three slogans of the Party.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nineteen Eighty-Four] Reference

I find Johnny's procedure very "elegant" - the least effort that allows you to arrive at the best possible result.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fresh Loaf] Reference

Silver hair framed his face in short, elegant curls.    From Wordnik.com.  [Web of the Romulans] Reference

Henin is capable of what you might call elegant annihilations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference

The décor at Empire is best described as elegant and tasteful.    From Wordnik.com.  [NZ On Screen] Reference

At least not in a way that could be called elegant or straight forward.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sun Bloggers] Reference

You have been described as elegant in your time and it is long the road to go.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Best American Poetry 2010] Reference

It ain't what you might call elegant -- not what you've been used to, I expect.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Trail to Yesterday] Reference

When have you ever used the word elegant to describe a phone UI, for chrissakes?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

Scarpetta is smart, classy, refined, brilliant and elegant ... in other words NOT at all like Angelina Jolie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider] Reference

Its streets, bordered by two rows of low arcades, in nowise recall the elegant and charming architecture of Venice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two] Reference

But the baron gambles, and the baroness is the most elegant -- in other words, the most extravagant -- woman in Paris.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baron Trigault's Vengeance] Reference

The window display was too crowded to be called elegant, but judging by the price tags the owner had a feel for quality.    From Wordnik.com.  [Echo Burning]

"It isn't what one might call elegant," said the voice; "but if it's the best you've got -- why, of course, it will have to do.".    From Wordnik.com.  ['Drag' Harlan] Reference

You will remember that he was a man of what are called elegant tastes: that is, he was seriously interested in arts and letters.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866] Reference

I scarcely saw six private houses which could be called elegant, and not a gentleman's carriage has been yet noticed in the streets.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One] Reference

And his primly deconstructed suits of geometric planes of fabrics were elegant, which is saying a lot when the seams are inside out.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Designers Listen to Clients, It Shows] Reference

As you can tell, we're firmly in the coachbuilt cars section, though not every coachbuilt car can be described as elegant or tasteful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hemmings Auto Blogs] Reference

"Well, well," says he; "it is a very kind note, a very proper little note; the expression elegant, J. J., the sentiment is most correct.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Newcomes] Reference

An elegant dancer.    From Wordnet, Princeton University.