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Recent Examples of belletrist
The philologists, unlike the belletrists, were methodical and systematic, and given to expounding those methods and systems in lengthy treatises.
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Evan Kindley, The New York Review of Books, 16 Feb. 2023
Harrison is almost the textbook example of a belletrist—someone who writes essays more for their aesthetic effect than anything else.
—Bill Heavey, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
Locke the glossy belletrist gave way to Locke the fellow-traveller, Locke the savvy champion of proletarian realism.
—Tobi Haslett, The New Yorker, 11 May 2018
Evan Kindley, The New York Review of Books, 16 Feb. 2023
Harrison is almost the textbook example of a belletrist—someone who writes essays more for their aesthetic effect than anything else.
—Bill Heavey, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
Locke the glossy belletrist gave way to Locke the fellow-traveller, Locke the savvy champion of proletarian realism.
—Tobi Haslett, The New Yorker, 11 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belletrist
Noun
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Contributing editor Sarah Khan is an award-winning travel writer based in New York City.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Mar. 2026
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Tess Arnold, a 34-year-old travel writer from Seattle, had been caught in Dubai, but managed to get to London on Tuesday and hopes to return home a day later.—
Stefanie Dazio,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Reflecting this, in 1726’s Gulliver’s Travels, the Irish litterateur Jonathan Swift satirized early scientists as buffoons.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
7 Mar. 2025
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The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Mar. 2021
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But Fleming leaps past other wry wordsmiths with his constant, unrelenting effort to wring every last drop of laughter out of every single premise.—
John Roy,
Vulture,
19 Feb. 2026
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An outstanding producer and a clever wordsmith.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Actors Zendaya and Tom Holland have tied the knot at a secret wedding ceremony, according to Zendaya’s stylist, Law Roach.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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Pidgeon, in particular, looked stunning—a mix of a good dress and amazing glam—and Buckley is looking more and more like a best-actress Oscar winner (chalk that up to her stylist, Danielle Goldberg).—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Trump is holding a pen and signing a pair of documents.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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The Giants are apparently riding with Ryan Walker as the closer, because, well, who else in this ‘pen would be the closer?—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Countering the narrative presented by Harry in his memoir Spare, royal biographer Robert Lacy wrote that there was more drama behind Markle’s wedding tiara selection than had previously been disclosed.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
3 Mar. 2026
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Over the past 24 years, Susan Claassen, who co-wrote the play with Head biographer Paddy Calistro, has performed the show around the country more than 1,500 times.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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The milestone has prompted deep reflection for the auteur.—
Robert Lang,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
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The film, and Cort's Brewster, epitomized all the possibilities of the New Hollywood movement that emerged in the late '60s and early '70s, which empowered auteur filmmakers to make complex, unusual films that would have been unthinkable a decade prior.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Feb. 2026
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Miley admires the Shakes enough to have invited their Sound & Color engineer, Shawn Everett, to join Something Beautiful’s production crew (also present: Cyrus’s punk-rock significant other, Maxx Morando; pop penman Michael Pollack; and members of indie-rock acts Foxygen and Alvvays).—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
3 June 2025
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Its design by Leonardo Fioravanti, the prolific penman who created, among other Ferrari masterpieces, the Dino and 308 GTB, was an instant hit.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
28 Nov. 2023
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“Belletrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belletrist. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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