Belles-lettres

//ˌbɛlˈlɛtɹ(ə)//

"Belles-lettres" in a Sentence (2 examples)

I corrected the punctuation somewhat, but not rigorously, because that is less important in belles-lettres.

That vapid, half naturalized term ‘belles-lettres,’ which has had some currency as a substitute for the term ‘literature.’

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