beautiful people
plural noun
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Can beautiful be used to describe a man?
Our evidence shows that when beautiful is used to describe physical beauty, it is overwhelming used of women or a physical aspect of a woman (such as her hair or skin). This hasn't always been the case: when beautiful first came into English it was used as easily of men as it was of women. Nowadays, handsome is the adjective of appreciation most commonly used of men.
The plural noun phrase beautiful people doesn't refer to the overall looks of the people mentioned, but rather the elegance and sumptuousness of their lives.
Examples of beautiful people in a Sentence
Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 June 2025
The players drifting through this dreamscape include Daisy Ridley, Eliot Sumner, Willem Dafoe, and a host of other beautiful people clad in gauzy frocks and provocative bralettes.
—Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 16 May 2025
Sure, the South of France lures beautiful people eager to indulge in sunning, day drinking and looking divine in a maillot.
—Gráinne O'Hara Belluomo, Footwear News, 26 May 2025
Beautiful things blooming with spring, beautiful people everywhere in beautiful hats, beautiful food and beverage as far as the eye can see.
—Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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“Beautiful people.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beautiful%20people. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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