beau

Example Sentences

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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

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

It was to be her first time in the pub and also the first time she met Dylan Thomas, a schoolfriend of her new beau.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2024

“The younger sister married. Stole her sister’s beau, I’ve no doubt.”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson