beau ideal

Their friendship was the beau ideal of warrior comrades.

Philanthropic achievements made him the beau ideal for plutocrats as renaissance men.

The women who in various ways competed for Hitler’s attention to embody the beau ideal of womanhood in the Reich: fecund, contentedly subservient, vying for the Fürher’s admiration.

Hemingway, then 48, was known for leading a life of action and was the beau ideal for countless young men of a literary bent, including Mr. Hotchner.

He also cited his favorite film, Howard Hawks’ Rio Bravo, as the beau ideal of such a movie.