Babette
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In 1959, Brigitte - after several love affairs - married the actor Jacques Charrier, with whom she starred in Babette Goes To War.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
More significantly, Baumbach makes a bold and divergent choice to bring Babette into the climactic confrontation and its fallout.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2022
The basic narrative structure remains the same with Adam Driver’s Jack and Greta Gerwig’s Babette raising their children while going about their day-to-day lives in a seemingly sleepy college town of yesteryear.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2022
He lets other witnesses, ranging from Tom Cruise to his aunt Babette, fill in the details.
From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2022
“Guess what, Sunshine? I have a good job and a nice house. I’m living with a lady named Babette, and she has a son whose name is Drew.”
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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