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
There are no benevolent white belles and polite gentlemen in “Emancipation,” no trace of the grotesque plantation fantasies so beloved by old Hollywood.
From New York Times
Trinitie is the very model of a modern Southern belle, all pastels, big church hats and a perfectly executed “you have a blessed one.”
From Washington Post
These seductive brutes are strewn throughout his work, just as essential and memorable as his fading belles.
From New York Times
“He’s chained to the wheel and he goes ‘Belle … belle …’” Plamondon continued, quoting the French word for beautiful.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
