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• She's had a few beaus come courting.From the entry court
• Your beau came by while you were shopping.From the entry come by
• He looked upon his young ward's beau with guardianly suspicion.From the entry guardianly
• The beau monde went to the Maria II opera house to see and be seen.2018, David Birmingham, A Concise History of Portugal. From the entry beau monde
• Exhausted, I canter through postpandrial naps atop a Senegalese camel, and in full beau geste.2006, Louise Mushikiwabo with Jack Kramer, Rwanda Means the Universe, St. Martins Press, page 143. From the entry belle sabreuse
• She and beau Glenn were going to the Caymans for a little vacay in Aug.2000, Alumnae Bulletin, volumes 93–94, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College Alumnae Association, page 43. From the entry vacay
• Real estate ventures provide opportunities for beau gestes that result in comfort and convenience.1982, Jean Baer, “The Jewish Elite Way of Life”, in The Self-Chosen: “Our Crowd” Is Dead, Long Live Our Crowd, New York, N.Y.: Arbor…. From the entry beau geste
• I didn't behave well with the mental beau monde of Chicago.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry beau monde
• But after all, you are nothing but a child and there’s lots of other beaux.”1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter II, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC. From the entry kindliness
• "You are a heart and soul gambler." ¶ "Confess, however, I am beau joueur.1904, Charles Lever, The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly, Little, Brown, and Company, page 352. From the entry beau joueur
• The rumpalicious Middleton, who split with her banker beau three weeks ago, is now canoodling with a new man.2011 November 29, Michael Sneed, “Turnabout? Cardinal George given communion — by Rev. Pfleger”, in Chicago Sun-Times. From the entry rumpalicious
• Beau pointed to the environmentalists and said, “Those posy-sniffers will never change— until they have no gas for their cars.”2010, Joe Barfield, Moon Shadow, →ISBN. From the entry posy-sniffer
• Kneller's portrait shows a handsome, even slightly effeminate young man, arrogant, perhaps petulant, but for many, the ideal beau sabreur.2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley, published 2009, page 66. From the entry beau sabreur
• Sultry Joan Collins says she likes her men feisty and her beau Peter Holm is full of feist.1985, Weekly World News, volume 6, number 36. From the entry feist
• One wants to be en beau joueur.1959, Meyer Barash, Man and the Sacred, University of Illinois Press (2001 reprint), translation of L'homme et le sacré by Roger Caillois…. From the entry beau joueur
• To the maids across the way he was Julia's beau, and if not quite Beau Geste, a gent and well dressed.1932, Warwick Deeping, Old wine and new, A. A. Knopf, page 152. From the entry chocolate soldier
• The hotel was expensive but unregarded by noisy pop and film stars and bond traders or any other section of London's beau monde.2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 557. From the entry unregarded
• She hated the smothersome dresses her mother chose; she had no clue what to say to the beaux who sidled up to her.2016, Sonya Hartnett, The Ghost's Child, page 45. From the entry smothersome
• He wrote like a 'parnassian beau', cramming his essays with so many 'ornaments of study' that his writing was more properly called 'writation'.2005, H. B. Nisbet, Claude Rawson, The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, volume 4, page 446. From the entry writation
• "The B.A. beau sauntering down the streets, walking-stick in hand and gaungbaung on his head," was the theme of a popular song in those days.1974, Maung Maung, To a Soldier Son, Sarpay Beikman, page 11. From the entry gaung baung
• It was a beau geste on the part of the Government, and a recognition that Herzl and his following were regarded seriously in serious quarters.1920, “The Zionist Congresses”, in G. W. Prothero, editor, Zionism. From the entry beau geste
• He surveyed the chamber filled with vibrant silks and the white powdered wigs adorning old beaux and grande dames, cerused and patched in the prevailing fashion.2011, Emery Lee, Fortune's Son. From the entry cerused
• Fun is the doughboy's pal—that's why he wrote and sings "K-K-K-Katy"—the song of songs, with a zippy, catchy melody and those beautifully simple words stammered by Katy's tongue-tied beau.1918 September 7, “Three Hits from Song Headquarters [advertisement]”, in John C[hristian] Freund, editor, The Music Trades, volume LVI…. From the entry zippy

Meaning of beau

1. noun A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.
2. noun A male lover; a boyfriend.
3. noun A male escort.

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How do you use beau in a sentence?

Beau is used as a noun and verb. For example: “She's had a few beaus come courting.”

What is a short sentence with beau?

“One wants to be en beau joueur.”

What does beau mean?

Beau means a man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.