beaux
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The entire family showed up, including Kylie Jenner in a white ballgown with a matching hat and big sister Kourtney Kardashian in deconstructed Thom Browne to go with beaux Travis Barker’s Thom Browne suit.
From Washington Times • May 3, 2022
After the winter months in this southwestern part of France, March normally sees a kind of human blossoming as people return to the sidewalks and terraces to celebrate the return of the beaux jours.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2020
The book, as it stands, feels ominously loveless, more hospitable to dolts than to eligible beaux, yet at least seven writers have sought to flesh it out and, in so doing, to warm it up.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 5, 2017
The hulking beaux arts buildings that line streets such as Spring and Broadway are a testament to downtown’s former commercial might.
From The Guardian • Jan. 26, 2016
By the next year I had a few beaux myself, and I began to play in tournaments, so I didn't see Daisy very often.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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