beau

Example Sentences

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When she begins dating the owner of a local pet shop, Iona immediately falls in step with her yuppie new beau.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

When I ask for his American political beau ideal, he says Alexander Hamilton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Will’s beau idéal, Ronald Reagan, used it frequently on the rubber-chicken-and-peas circuit.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

Octavia, in which a gushing party girl falls instantly in love with a blond, sharp-cheeked beau called Jeremy, later became an ITV series.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

He’d gotten a tip Nicole Castro was meeting her new beau there at about four p.m.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin