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
Jen Chaney, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2025
Flying Lady — with its logo of a woman’s silhouette flying through a pink ring — was a fixture at the Playpen for years, often cross-promoting with nightclubs and modeling agencies and offering a day on the lake with the city’s most beautiful people.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
There are worse gigs than being sent to various European cities to look at interesting clothes being worn by beautiful people.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2025
To get to work with all these great beautiful people who all are a family now, and just tune up here and there was a really special full-circle moment.
—Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Beautiful people.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beautiful%20people. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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