She tucked the old lettre into the pages of the family Bible, hoping no one would ever find it.

At the flea market, he bought a bundle of old lettres tied with twine.

On rainy days she preferred curling up with a book of belles lettres rather than watching television.

The professor's lectures on belles-lettres inspired a renewed interest in classical learning among students.

The retired homme de lettres surprised everyone by publishing a lively memoir about his travels.

Her feminist essays, written avant la lettre, challenged social norms long before the movement gained momentum.

When the dissident refused to recant, the king quietly issued a lettre de cachet that sent him to a provincial prison without trial.

In eighteenth-century France, lettres de cachet allowed the king to imprison people without trial.