Bette

[bet-ee, bet]

noun

1. a first name, form of Elizabeth.

Example Sentences

Things really started humming when businesswoman Bette L. Smith, then-owner of Completion Bond Co., walked into the store.

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Bette Midler, who co-starred alongside the pair in the film, called Keaton "brilliant, beautiful, extraordinary".

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“She was hilarious, a complete original, and completely without guile, or any of the competitiveness one would have expected from such a star,” wrote actor Bette Midler on Instagram.

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After news of Keaton’s death spread Saturday, stars including Bette Midler, Steve Martin, Viola Davis and Kate Hudson paid tribute on social media.

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Posting on Instagram, Keaton’s “The First Wives Club” co-star Bette Midler wrote, “The brilliant, beautiful, extraordinary Diane Keaton has died. I cannot tell you how unbearably sad this makes me. She was hilarious, a complete original, and completely without guile, or any of the competitiveness one would have expected from such a star. What you saw was who she was…oh, la, lala!”

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