becomingness

Example Sentences

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Poem to Phyllis, congratulating her on the becomingness of her Easter hat.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2019

Changing a pattern the slightest sometimes makes a great deal of difference in its becomingness.

From Make Your Own Hats by Martin, Gene Allen

Much as she disliked the idea of Blue Bonnet's putting up her hair, she could not deny the becomingness of it.

From Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's by Goss, John

She forgot even the exceeding becomingness of a new way in which she had dressed her hair.

From The Debtor A Novel by Stevens, William Dodge

Apparently he did not think the posture to which it invited one of sufficient dignity; for during the whole journey, and even when asleep, I observed that he maintained a certain becomingness of posture.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various