How to Use the belle of the ball in a Sentence

the belle of the ball

noun phrase

• This lovely cake will be the belle of the ball at any spring soiree.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
• Meanwhile, back in Los Angeles, Connor Storrie was the belle of the ball at not one, but two Hollywood fêtes.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 8 Jan. 2026
• Amid a draft class in which tight ends were the belle of the ball, Shanahan and Lynch decided to exit the proceedings having completely ignored the position.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026
• The Oscar nominations 2026 are finally here—and after months of speculation and predictions and chatter, Ryan Coogler’s Sinners has emerged as the belle of the ball.
  — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 22 Jan. 2026
• But the belle of the ball was a cow named Armour Rose that sold for $2,500 (almost $99,000 in 2025) to future Nevada Governor John Sparks.
  — Patrick Salland, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025