beaux
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Viollet-le-Duc did not study at the state-run École des Beaux Arts, but came to architecture by means of drawing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
James McAvoy is photographed performing in The Beaux Stratagem at 1999.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026
“I just belong in a Beaux Arts” building, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
The fair’s chief architect, Daniel Hudson Burnham, created a wildly expensive campus of Beaux Arts white buildings, brought in designers including Frederick Law Olmsted, and wowed millions with a large-scale incandescent light display.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025
Hunt, McKim, and Peabody had all studied at L’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris; Van Brunt and Post had studied under Hunt; Van Brunt had been Peabody’s mentor.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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