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

Old enough to know that John Donaldson, her beau of more than a decade, was the man she wanted to marry.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

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

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

It’s not surprising that Mr. Serrano found his way to Ms. Wilson, who, like Mr. Duncan, the author’s beau ideal of a player, “banks in beauty.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

The way I can’t sit still, Mama says, you’d think it was my own beau coming!

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez