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
When I ask for his American political beau ideal, he says Alexander Hamilton.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
Was this the last time the music megastar would grace the Kelce family luxury suite to watch her beau rack up the receptions?
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025
Will’s beau idéal, Ronald Reagan, used it frequently on the rubber-chicken-and-peas circuit.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025
He’d gotten a tip Nicole Castro was meeting her new beau there at about four p.m.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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