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Recent Examples of belle
Parker Posey plays Tim’s wife, Victoria, a brassy belle who thinks everything her children do is a hoot.
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Noel Murray, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Initially a passive Southern belle, Kidman’s Ada morphs before our eyes into a woman made harder and stronger by the absence of men, and her physicality matches the tenacity Kidman so often incorporates into her work.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
The sassy Southern belle was known for her fashion, knack for art history and on-and-off relationship (but eventually very on) with Dwayne Wayne.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
One of the most popular rooms at the event was the mirrored ballet belle of the ball setup.
—Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2025
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Noel Murray, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Initially a passive Southern belle, Kidman’s Ada morphs before our eyes into a woman made harder and stronger by the absence of men, and her physicality matches the tenacity Kidman so often incorporates into her work.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
The sassy Southern belle was known for her fashion, knack for art history and on-and-off relationship (but eventually very on) with Dwayne Wayne.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
One of the most popular rooms at the event was the mirrored ballet belle of the ball setup.
—Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belle
Noun
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While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2017
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THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.—
Cole Kazdin,
Los Angeles Magazine,
14 July 2017
Noun
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The sport has roots in Ancient Greece with the legend of Leander swimming across the Hellespont to his lover the goddess Hero.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
30 July 2025
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Take cue from Bella Hadid, whose Western goddess style shines here.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
29 July 2025
Noun
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The film follows a rabbit named Judy Hopps and a fox named Nick Wilde—natural enemies who live in a city (the titular Zootopia) where predators and prey live together in peace and equality.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
30 July 2025
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That’s like asking a fox to investigate why the henhouse is empty.—
Houman Hemmati,
Oc Register,
20 July 2025
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“Belle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belle. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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