Bessie
or Bes·sy
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
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How to use Bessie in a sentence
Shortly after, his mom, Bessie, was also diagnosed with multiple myeloma.
When Home Is a Toxic Hot Spot | by Maya Miller, Alyssa Johnson, Lisa Song and Max Blau, photography by Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublica | December 15, 2021 | ProPublicaThe grand Pleasant Inn Lodge, hosted by the reclusive, debonair bachelor Peck Pleasanton and his octogenarian mother, Bessie, welcomed an occasional well-behaved “single” gentleman.
Paradise lost: Remembering the popular Rehoboth men’s guest house | James Sears | September 2, 2021 | Washington BladeDozens of blues musicians, some as famous as Bessie Smith, were buried in unmarked graves.
Blues Musicians in Unmarked Graves Are Finally Getting Some Respect | Malcolm Jones | January 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJulien had trouble competing in the flamboyance category with his occasional air show mate, Bessie Coleman.
Red Tails Overlooks the Story of America’s First Black Pilots | Marc Wortman | January 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI needed to understand more about his mother, Bessie Gilmore.
Bessie Smith once sang of wanting a pig foot and a bottle of beer and to be left alone because she was “in my sin.”
Every day in her cozy sitting-room Mrs. Worthington talked with her little girls, Bessie and Louise.
The value of a praying mother | Isabel C. ByrumBessie quietly took her little sister's hand, lead her aside, and knelt with her in prayer.
The value of a praying mother | Isabel C. Byrum"Surely there can be no harm or danger," thought Bessie; but she remembered the oft-repeated warnings of her parents and aunt.
The value of a praying mother | Isabel C. ByrumI shall tell you some stories about a little girl whose name was Bessie Allen.
The Nursery, January 1873, Vol. XIII. | VariousIn trying to stop him, Bessie soiled her nice white frock; and the ink streamed over the carpet.
The Nursery, January 1873, Vol. XIII. | Various
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