Bessie
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Baxter's younger sister, Alice Dale, became an actor and writer based in Australia and it is clear Bessie was a big influence on both.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
Cornelia Powers is a writer who is working on a book about the golfer Bessie Anthony, her great-great-grandmother.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024
She and her mother, Bessie Barber, moved to Atlanta to “make a better living” for themselves.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024
Quite a few of you introduced me to artists I’d never heard before, like the British singer-songwriter Labi Siffre, the Los Angeles punk band the Brat and the underrated North Carolina-born soul singer Bessie Banks.
From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2024
Raymond took a long nap in the afternoon and Bessie liked to sit in the window seat as he settled into his dreams.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
