How to Use babe in a Sentence

babe

noun
Definition of babenext
Synonyms for babenext
  • The young babe bangs his plate and throws his dinner to the dog.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 14 Sep. 2020
  • But strength, as the saying goes, comes from the mouth of babes.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Lenny Kravitz has long been the babe of the red carpet ball.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Result: This is the story of, at best, a babe in the woods.
    — Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Thank you so much, babe, for making the big 4 0 a whole lot less painful.
    — Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE.com, 23 Jan. 2020
  • We were called aqua-babes and aqua-belles and aqua-naughties.
    — Susan Goldberg, National Geographic, 20 Oct. 2019
  • And from the mouths of babes, Lisa Fletcher is proved correct.
    — Kelley Kramer, Fox News, 25 Apr. 2023
  • That from a father seiz’d his babe belov’d: Such, such my case.
    — Elizabeth Winkler, The New Yorker, 30 July 2020
  • Fun way to fight boredom with some badass babes! 🥊💥. . .
    — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 3 May 2020
  • My babes wore these for the first crossfit open workout to cheer me on.
    — Caralynn Lippo, Redbook, 1 Mar. 2017
  • There were so many little kids — from babes in arms to teens joining the fun.
    — Jane Napier Neely, La Cañada Valley Sun, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Plus, can’t a babe have a chance to express themselves?
    — Vogue, 25 Oct. 2021
  • In the front of the card, a naked babe rides the white horse, showing the purity of heart and innocence of the Sun.
    — Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
  • Bras are available from a 32A (get in line my fellow small-boobed babes) to a 44DD.
    — Marina Liao, Marie Claire, 11 May 2018
  • The girlies are either all over you and won’t take no for an answer (‘Do a line of coke with us babe!
    — Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 24 June 2024
  • Against the mural backdrop, a statue of Joseph kneels beside the babe in a manger.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The woman’s profile is tall, her face bent towards the babe.
    — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 4 May 2018
  • Ready to escape the cold weather and have your own beach babe moment?
    — Abby Dupes, Seventeen, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Your beach babe just got a whole lot cuter in this lightweight hoodie.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Feb. 2023
  • For the past 15 years, Amber Rose has served as a style icon for buzzcut babes.
    — Emily Wang, Allure, 31 July 2018
  • His head had been turned by a gorgeous babe flouncing down the sidewalk.
    — Sally Quinn, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
  • Who’s gonna ride your wild My-Little-Ponies, astro babes?
    — Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, 25 May 2018
  • Brooklyn babe The crowd whooped at Streisand’s first mention of Brooklyn.
    — Joe McGovern, EW.com, 30 Apr. 2017
  • The charming actor was turned into a Berghain-ready babe.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2022
  • If other artists planned on having the biggest crowd of the weekend, well … good luck, babe!
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Nat Laws was a babe in arms in 1910 when his parents, Henry and Anna, moved here.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2021
  • This is great news for you, Cancer babe, because the first few weeks of April are all about your hustle.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Now that her six month shoot in London has comes to a close, Denise will have plenty of time to catch up with her sweet babe.
    — David Handelman, Cosmopolitan, 1 Jan. 1950
  • It’s supposed to be, ‘Oh, big righteous babe falling for a man.
    — Jonathan Van Meter, SPIN, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Even candyfloss babes can revamp their hair game for fall.
    — Lillian Chen, Seventeen, 23 July 2018

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