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Recent Examples of belletrist
The philologists, unlike the belletrists, were methodical and systematic, and given to expounding those methods and systems in lengthy treatises.
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Evan Kindley, The New York Review of Books, 16 Feb. 2023
Harrison is almost the textbook example of a belletrist—someone who writes essays more for their aesthetic effect than anything else.
—Bill Heavey, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
Locke the glossy belletrist gave way to Locke the fellow-traveller, Locke the savvy champion of proletarian realism.
—Tobi Haslett, The New Yorker, 11 May 2018
Evan Kindley, The New York Review of Books, 16 Feb. 2023
Harrison is almost the textbook example of a belletrist—someone who writes essays more for their aesthetic effect than anything else.
—Bill Heavey, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
Locke the glossy belletrist gave way to Locke the fellow-traveller, Locke the savvy champion of proletarian realism.
—Tobi Haslett, The New Yorker, 11 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belletrist
Noun
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At the time of his first face-to-face with Stiller, the unknown writer was still driving for Postmates.—
Rebecca Keegan,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Feb. 2025
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Matthew Scott Kane and David Goodman served as writers and executive producers.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Mar. 2021
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Even his name, not to mention his author photo, had an aura of toughness more suggestive of a prizefighter than a litterateur.—
Geoffrey O’Brien,
The New York Review of Books,
18 Apr. 2019
Noun
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Back then, people fought for sport and who was the best wordsmith.—
Matthew Bremner,
Rolling Stone,
5 Jan. 2025
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Though the mainstream country's most successful wordsmith of the past decade, Gorley sang and played the keyboard along with Malone's hits.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
18 June 2024
Noun
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Styled by longtime stylists Rob Zangardi and Mariel Haenn (with hair by A-list hair guru Chris Appleton), Lopez arrived in a sheer lace gown with glittering spiderweb details by Valdrin Sahiti paired with Hassanzadeh jewelry and a Tyler Ellis bag.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Jan. 2025
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When resetting style, the celebrity stylist encourages us to dig deeper and look within.—
Cierra Black,
Essence,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Yoshida handed the trophy over to their guests, pulled out a pen, and asked a simple question.—
Don Riddell,
CNN,
4 Feb. 2025
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During a search warrant that day at Aguirre’s home, investigators found a safe with another magazine, vape pen and gummies.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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With the world's richest man now joining President Trump at the White House, Elon Musk's biographer explains what drives the tech titan.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Why Biden abandoned human rights as a tenet of U.S. foreign policy will be a question for historians and biographers.—
Sarah Yager,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Girls auteur has struck a first-look deal with the streamer for TV series via her indie Good Thing Going (GTG).—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 2025
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But Truffaut said every auteur makes a movie, breaks it apart and then makes the same movie.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Try your hand at drawing a model, whether your a pro or a scribbler.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2024
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We should be concerned not just for our personal pocketbooks but for the state of our art—and the current moment calls for dreamers, strummers, and scribblers to be unusually thoughtful, tactical, and shrewd.—
Sean Michaels,
The New Yorker,
21 June 2023
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“Belletrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belletrist. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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