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Recent Examples of belle
Voted one of the best islands in the US nine years in the running, this belle of the Lowcountry never goes out of style.
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Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Dec. 2025
In the end, Taylor left the villa with Carraway, a Southern belle.
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Shania Russell,
EW.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Through vivid, often surprising portraits — like that of a charismatic preacher offering unsparing historical tours, or a woman who proudly inhabits the persona of a Southern belle — the film captures the contradictions and complexities of a community living within the shadow of its own mythology.
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
13 Aug. 2025
McClanahan's character, Blanche, was the Southern belle of the group and also a widow.
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Melina Khan,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Dec. 2025
In the end, Taylor left the villa with Carraway, a Southern belle.
—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Through vivid, often surprising portraits — like that of a charismatic preacher offering unsparing historical tours, or a woman who proudly inhabits the persona of a Southern belle — the film captures the contradictions and complexities of a community living within the shadow of its own mythology.
—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
13 Aug. 2025
McClanahan's character, Blanche, was the Southern belle of the group and also a widow.
—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for belle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belle
Noun
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Querétaro is a highland charmer.
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No one would describe him as a carefree goofball, like Stone, or as a down-to-earth Southern charmer, like Wilson.
Noun
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The room was spacious and well-outfitted, and there are also double queen guest rooms available in this section of the resort.
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The logic here is highly questionable — dying for your queen and dying by her hand are not equivalent sacrifices — but let’s blame Lorent’s lapse in judgment on the chaos of the moment.
Noun
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Selene also has an expansive garden terrace with a bar that’s a biophilic dream replete with flowers and plants as well as a retractable-roof atrium that opens to the sky above- a nod to Selene, the Greek goddess of the moon.
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Named for the Greek goddess of dawn, Eos Garden is now open at the Water Pump House, a native coral rock and Dade slash pine house built in 1923.
Noun
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Moreover, the official mascots succeed in spotting various varmints — foxes and possums, to be specific, but thankfully, no vultures.
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The aliens’ ability to take on the forms of stags, foxes and cardinals is also in line with what experiencers have reported about their visitations.
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“Belle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belle. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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