Beverly
[bev-er-lee]
- a city in NE Massachusetts.
- Also Bev·er·ley. a female or male given name: from an Old English word meaning “dweller at the beaver meadow.”
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Examples from the Web for beverly
Contemporary Examples
Last summer, I spoke with first black supermodel Beverly Johnson about this for The Root.
This same fear has recently resurfaced as the number one excuse for blocking a proposed subway through Beverly Hills.
There are some streets in West Jerusalem (where the Jews live) that look literally like Beverly Hills or Boca Raton.
Now the ‘Baywatch’ beauty just swung by a high-profile Beverly Hills fundraiser for the IDF.
She had an unsuccessful go at trying to join the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills franchise.
Historical Examples
He was in a hurry, for he has to drive to Beverly to catch the train.
Freaks of FortuneOliver Optic
In the autumn something happened to Beverly, and he had to go to work.
In Our TownWilliam Allen White
For me, it was the first going abroad since my return to Beverly.
May Beverly, meanwhile, had been frankly delighted with the roses.
A Venetian JuneAnna Fuller
He had supposed his interest in May Beverly to be purely impersonal; he had been mistaken.
A Venetian JuneAnna Fuller