Mrs. Kemp was the belle of the village in 1860. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
Sharon Lawrence as the fading southern belle is great. From Wordnik.com. [Channel Surfing | the TV addict] Reference
I chose it to serve as a first qualifier of the period label belle époque. From Wordnik.com. [Not-So-Belle Époque] Reference
"Oh, yes; you are Kaolin's sister -- her they call the belle of the tribe; your name's Nacena.". From Wordnik.com. [Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco] Reference
She was not called the belle of the evening, but belle of the season. From Wordnik.com. [Never Bored - A Dress A Day] Reference
Once I unknowingly called my belle-mère 'tu' by saying "à tes souhaits.". From Wordnik.com. [Fish Flippy] Reference
The In Laws, misleadingly called belle mère and beau père in French. From Wordnik.com. [lost weekend] Reference
She was what the French call a belle brune, and though Longmore, who had rather. From Wordnik.com. [Madame De Mauves] Reference
The belle is a lady who has an air of enjoying herself with whomsoever she talks. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878] Reference
It was indeed a stylish turnout and Miss Ann Peyton was known as the belle and beauty of Kentucky. From Wordnik.com. [The Comings of Cousin Ann] Reference
Do you think is a belle is a nice name for my kitten?. From Wordnik.com. [[Help] Most Recent Posts] Reference
The "belle" had five or six callers every afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [This Side of Paradise] Reference
He is the reigning toast, like the "belle" of a later age. From Wordnik.com. [A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life] Reference
The "belle" was surrounded by a dozen men in the intermissions between dances. From Wordnik.com. [Book 1, Chapter 2. Spires and Gargoyles.] Reference
Harding noticed the change of expression, and he said: "She is called the belle of the bar. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Days] Reference
I did a double take as I scrolled down and saw a purple and green 'belle', so like my 'baby belle'!. From Wordnik.com. [cosymakes] Reference
In doing so, your skin will look 'belle' and 'soignee' and your radiance will be only the more manifest!. From Wordnik.com. [UBS AG Suggests Cleanliness Next To High Net Worth With Release Of 44-Page Staff Dress Code | The Daily Feed | Minyanville.com] Reference
Carneal, then quite a belle, and noted for her fine voice. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Mrs. Minturn had been a society belle when she was married. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore] Reference
But on reflection the translation is bad -- 'belle bouche is not. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
"And what absence of grace, gallantry, and the belle flamme!" said. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She will stay the night and be the belle of my 'At home' the following day. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
Marcel waves Paul's warning aside and tells me, "Anything for my belle-fille.". From Wordnik.com. [Emily Farache: A Dream of Paris] Reference
I pour my coffee and recite "La belle dame sans merci" until I am myself again. From Wordnik.com. [The Storefront Poet] Reference
In daylight, with her clothes on, Susana Alves looks like just another belle from Brazil. From Wordnik.com. [Scorching The Screen] Reference
Four guys dressed like soldiers holding Beagles in pre-Civil War southern belle costumes. From Wordnik.com. [Lost and Found] Reference
Captain Lewis surprised a chattering bevy of their squaws and made prisoner a belle of the tribe. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
Even a poet as accessible as Joyce Kilmer looked far from the fields of belle lettres for his inspiration. From Wordnik.com. [Where Do You Get Poetic Inspiration?] Reference
With only a face for her fortune, many a bright-eyed, laughing belle has gone out to seek sorrow and misery. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
"Will you then not buy turkeys at eleven francs the couple, ma belle dame?" she cries shrilly to a passer-by. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
Dale, she had been a belle, and now as Mrs. Winthrop White she was acknowledged a social leader and a favorite. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale : a girl of today] Reference
Her voice was softer and her laugh more attractive than that of many an American belle of high social standing. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in the Orient] Reference
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