How to Use belle in a Sentence

belle

noun
  • The Southern belle has made a splash in the pageant world.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The best, of course, was being the belle of the ball on Broadway.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2022
  • At Clive’s gala, Whitney was always the belle of the ball.
    Gerrick Kennedy, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Ashanti looked like the belle of the ball in a gold and sparkly dress with a full skirt.
    Carolina Gonzales, Houston Chronicle, 28 Jan. 2018
  • The ones in the living area are belle epoque French and once hung in an orangery.
    Lisa Cregan, House Beautiful, 7 Dec. 2016
  • The Worst Person in the World was the belle of the film world in 2021 after its debut at Cannes.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 17 June 2022
  • We were called aqua-babes and aqua-belles and aqua-naughties.
    Susan Goldberg, National Geographic, 20 Oct. 2019
  • McVay was the tight ends coach under Kyle Shanahan and now is the coach of the year, belle of the ball.
    Peter King, SI.com, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Was it Nicole Kidman, the belle of the fest, with four projects to debut on the French Riviera?
    Julie Miller, VanityFair.com, 19 May 2017
  • ADCs were, in short, the belle of the cancer research ball.
    Andrew Joseph, STAT, 24 Oct. 2023
  • There, the early two-thousands were revered as a belle époque.
    Ali Fitzgerald, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2022
  • But the absolute belle of the crazy-balls was a man named Matt Baker.
    Peter Weber, The Week, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The housemade pastas are the belle of the ball, with eight options available ($16-$28).
    Nicole Hvidsten, Star Tribune, 28 Apr. 2021
  • That night, the actress was the belle of Bergdorf Goodman, one of the many pop-up locations where the toys will be sold.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Who were some your favorite red carpet slay belles of 2019?
    Shalwah Evans, Essence, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Julia, a Regency belle, wouldn’t seem to be one of them.
    New York Times, 8 July 2022
  • The Cinderella star was the belle of the ball in a sequin two-piece set designed by Michael Kors.
    Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Yes, Canyon’s famed prickly pear margarita is still the blushing belle of the ball.
    Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The first World War swept away the impractical gear and frequent costume changes of the belle eqoque.
    Samuel Goldman, The Week, 8 Jan. 2022
  • Become the belle of any party you to or relax at home with your favorite books.
    Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, 29 July 2020
  • Major celebs showed face for this one, so below, Billboard Style rounded up the three belles of the ball.
    Billboard Style, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Shirley was a true Southern belle who made the most amazing meals to be shared with friends and family.
    courant.com, 1 Dec. 2019
  • Fans of this steamy Netflix series based on the novels by Julia Quinn can be the belle of the ball this Halloween.
    Samantha Lawyer, Country Living, 9 July 2021
  • In Your Closet: Purrrrr … think fluffy soft pastels that are fit for a Southern belle.
    Ruby Warrington and Alexandra Roxo, Teen Vogue, 30 June 2017
  • The actor was the belle of the Balenciaga ball and truly stunned.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 9 July 2022
  • But there is risk, too, for the belles of the early Democratic primary ball.
    Laurie Kellman, The Seattle Times, 19 Feb. 2019
  • And Storm Reid was the belle of the ball in a flouncy gown with an exaggerated floral print by .
    Barry Samaha, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Jan. 2020
  • For many, the California poppy is the belle of the botanical ball.
    Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 10 Feb. 2023
  • White read for the part of man-hungry Southern belle Blanche Devereaux.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 31 Dec. 2021
  • But Griffen’s spin move is really the belle of the ball, just ask Tyron Smith (above clip).
    John Owning, Dallas News, 3 July 2020

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