How to Use belle in a Sentence

belle

noun

• The Southern belle has made a splash in the pageant world.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 8 Sep. 2023
• The best, of course, was being the belle of the ball on Broadway.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2022
• At Clive’s gala, Whitney was always the belle of the ball.
  — Gerrick Kennedy, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2022
• Ashanti looked like the belle of the ball in a gold and sparkly dress with a full skirt.
  — Carolina Gonzales, Houston Chronicle, 28 Jan. 2018
• The ones in the living area are belle epoque French and once hung in an orangery.
  — Lisa Cregan, House Beautiful, 7 Dec. 2016
• The Worst Person in the World was the belle of the film world in 2021 after its debut at Cannes.
  — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 17 June 2022
• We were called aqua-babes and aqua-belles and aqua-naughties.
  — Susan Goldberg, National Geographic, 20 Oct. 2019
• McVay was the tight ends coach under Kyle Shanahan and now is the coach of the year, belle of the ball.
  — Peter King, SI.com, 1 Apr. 2018
• Was it Nicole Kidman, the belle of the fest, with four projects to debut on the French Riviera?
  — Julie Miller, VanityFair.com, 19 May 2017
• ADCs were, in short, the belle of the cancer research ball.
  — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 24 Oct. 2023
• There, the early two-thousands were revered as a belle époque.
  — Ali Fitzgerald, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2022
• But the absolute belle of the crazy-balls was a man named Matt Baker.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 18 Aug. 2021
• The housemade pastas are the belle of the ball, with eight options available ($16-$28).
  — Nicole Hvidsten, Star Tribune, 28 Apr. 2021
• That night, the actress was the belle of Bergdorf Goodman, one of the many pop-up locations where the toys will be sold.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2017
• Who were some your favorite red carpet slay belles of 2019?
  — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 30 Dec. 2019
• Julia, a Regency belle, wouldn’t seem to be one of them.
  — New York Times, 8 July 2022
• The Cinderella star was the belle of the ball in a sequin two-piece set designed by Michael Kors.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 14 Sep. 2021
• Yes, Canyon’s famed prickly pear margarita is still the blushing belle of the ball.
  — Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2022
• The first World War swept away the impractical gear and frequent costume changes of the belle eqoque.
  — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 8 Jan. 2022
• Become the belle of any party you to or relax at home with your favorite books.
  — Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, 29 July 2020
• Major celebs showed face for this one, so below, Billboard Style rounded up the three belles of the ball.
  — Billboard Style, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2017
• Shirley was a true Southern belle who made the most amazing meals to be shared with friends and family.
  — courant.com, 1 Dec. 2019
• Fans of this steamy Netflix series based on the novels by Julia Quinn can be the belle of the ball this Halloween.
  — Samantha Lawyer, Country Living, 9 July 2021
• In Your Closet: Purrrrr … think fluffy soft pastels that are fit for a Southern belle.
  — Ruby Warrington and Alexandra Roxo, Teen Vogue, 30 June 2017
• The actor was the belle of the Balenciaga ball and truly stunned.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 9 July 2022
• But there is risk, too, for the belles of the early Democratic primary ball.
  — Laurie Kellman, The Seattle Times, 19 Feb. 2019
• And Storm Reid was the belle of the ball in a flouncy gown with an exaggerated floral print by .
  — Barry Samaha, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Jan. 2020
• For many, the California poppy is the belle of the botanical ball.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 10 Feb. 2023
• White read for the part of man-hungry Southern belle Blanche Devereaux.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 31 Dec. 2021
• But Griffen’s spin move is really the belle of the ball, just ask Tyron Smith (above clip).
  — John Owning, Dallas News, 3 July 2020

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024