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

Will’s beau idéal, Ronald Reagan, used it frequently on the rubber-chicken-and-peas circuit.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

Of course, Swift and her beau announced Tuesday, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025

Swift was in the audience Thursday night in Sunrise, alongside beau Travis Kelce as the local Panthers rushed out to a 3-0 lead, one game after thumping the Oilers 6-1.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2025

Aunt Margaret had a new beau and I suspected that she wasn’t giving my eighth-grade problems enough serious thought, but one day she did ask me if I knew the Pledge of Allegiance.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz