bevy

[ UK /bˈɛvi/ ]
[ US /ˈbɛvi/ ]
NOUN
  1. a large gathering of people of a particular type
    he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire
    a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him
  2. a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground)
    we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks
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How To Use bevy In A Sentence

  • Everyone in the cast was superb, a bevy of attractive young girls and handsome young men who could all sing, dance and act with such enthusiasm.
  • he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire
  • Once a year, a conglomerate of children's literacy-type people (librarians, teachers, museum workers, etc.) from the Pittsburgh area put together a lovely one-day conference featuring a bevy of children's authors and illustrators.
  • When the hero goes back in time the same garage is shown as sparkling clean and attended by a bevy of service attendants who, if I've remembered this right, sing in harmony like a barbershop quartet.
  • duenna" would be filled if she attempted to "look after" a bevy of typical American girls, with their independent -- yet confused -- ideas of social requirements in the matter of chaperonage. Etiquette
  • Giasone" (1649) is a comic farrago on the Jason-Medea-Golden Fleece tale, with Jason as a serial debaucher, Medea switching from jealous harpy to generous relinquisher of said Jason to her rival Isifile (both women have given birth to twins sired by Jason), and a bevy of clownish servants. On a Tattered Shoestring
  • Watch as, in a glib aside, he patronises a culturally-hungry bevy of 50,000 people and, in the aftermath, ponder the unspoken insinuation that popular music is just a cacophony that only appeals to thickos.
  • Consuming an inordinate amount of bevvy has always been one of the qualities that makes hacks so irresistible to you fascinated readers.
  • WASHINGTON - Barack Obama moved emphatically Wednesday to erase the legacy of the past eight years by calling a bevy of Mideast leaders, circulating a not-yet-released executive order to close the Guantanamo prison and deliberately diminishing the powers of his own presidency. Top Stories - Google News
  • I went for a bevvy, thinking I might feel better, or feel less depressed.
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