Bessie
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Baxter's younger sister, Alice Dale, became an actor and writer based in Australia and it is clear Bessie was a big influence on both.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
She and her mother, Bessie Barber, moved to Atlanta to “make a better living” for themselves.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024
The property was purchased in the 1920s by silent film star Bessie Love.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024
Quite a few of you introduced me to artists I’d never heard before, like the British singer-songwriter Labi Siffre, the Los Angeles punk band the Brat and the underrated North Carolina-born soul singer Bessie Banks.
From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2024
In such conversation an hour was soon gone: Bessie restored to me my bonnet, &c., and, accompanied by her, I quitted the lodge for the hall.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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