beauteous
Example Sentences
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“A vast eggshell, built of iron and glass, this dome — a beauteous bubble, caught and put in permanent form. I say a beauty and genuine success.”
From Washington Post
“Nature with a beauteous wall doth oft close in pollution,” I muttered, quoting Viola from “Twelfth Night” as I cleaned off the tuna fish someone had smeared on my locker.
From New York Times
In one, the beauteous Adèle is kidnapped by the vengeful “Rose” Noble in a plot reminiscent of Anthony Hope’s immortal “The Prisoner of Zenda.”
From Washington Post
And if Reich has not lost any of his timing as a composer in this breathtakingly beauteous and perfectly pitched work, it is but a very slight fraction.
From Los Angeles Times
Her “Grande Passion ” shamelessly emphasizes physical beauty: “If you should break your beauteous nose, / My love would perish, I suppose; / . . . But lose, my love, your soul and sense — / I should not know the difference.”
From Washington Post
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