belletrist

variants also belle-lettrist

Example Sentences

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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. 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
  • That has always naturally appealed to me and has been one of the most exciting aspects of chatting directly with writers.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
  • At the time of his first face-to-face with Stiller, the unknown writer was still driving for Postmates.
    Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Even his name, not to mention his author photo, had an aura of toughness more suggestive of a prizefighter than a litterateur.
    Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 18 Apr. 2019
Noun
  • Back then, people fought for sport and who was the best wordsmith.
    Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Though the mainstream country's most successful wordsmith of the past decade, Gorley sang and played the keyboard along with Malone's hits.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 18 June 2024
Noun
  • In an interview with Harper's Bazaar published on Wednesday, February 12, Shakira's stylist Nicolas Bru explained the thought process behind her stage outfits for the tour, many of which were designed by the iconic fashion house Versace.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
  • DeMaria, who is a travel journalist and professional wardrobe stylist, said on her Tiktok that her work requires frequent flying.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Yoshida handed the trophy over to their guests, pulled out a pen, and asked a simple question.
    Don Riddell, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
  • During a search warrant that day at Aguirre’s home, investigators found a safe with another magazine, vape pen and gummies.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Marshall is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer who specializes in trailblazing American women, including 19th-century journalist Margaret Fuller and midcentury poet Elizabeth Bishop.
    April Austin, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The Party was targeting a biographer, an investigative reporter, a political commentator, and a legal correspondent.
    Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • After its creative and commercial success elevated auteur Mike White into the pantheon of prestige showrunners, Season 2 ventured further afield, both geographically (to Sicily) and away from its home base, with excursions across the Italian isle.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025
  • All three wins could repeat at the Oscars: Best Actress Demi Moore, Makeup and Hair, and French auteur Coralie Fargeat for Original Screenplay (who is also nominated for the Best Director Oscar).
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Try your hand at drawing a model, whether your a pro or a scribbler.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
  • We should be concerned not just for our personal pocketbooks but for the state of our art—and the current moment calls for dreamers, strummers, and scribblers to be unusually thoughtful, tactical, and shrewd.
    Sean Michaels, The New Yorker, 21 June 2023

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“Belletrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belletrist. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.

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