belle

Example Sentences

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The exuberant looks were spasms of color fashioned into ruffles on a minidress constructed from stripes of knitwear, elaborate skirts and dresses with southern belle silhouettes.

From Seattle Times

And what of Cincinnati, the fifth-ranked belle of the American Athletic Conference, a Group of 5 league, that stomped on Southern Methodist, 48-14?

From New York Times

This is not a film interested in passing judgment on la belle vie.

From New York Times

Tourism guide Lonely Planet summed it up well with this line: "In a nation packed with pretty cities, Bath still stands out as the belle of the ball."

From BBC

It’s impossible to talk about the history of anise spirits without mentioning absinthe, the glamorized, demonized beverage adopted by belle epoque bohemians, both actual and would-be.

From New York Times