becomingness

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2019

Of the becomingness, however, there could be no doubt.

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

Nay, rather suitability, harmony, becomingness, unobtrusiveness, fitness for the place and person are the qualities that make it perfect.

From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.

She dressed hurriedly, in her one white dress, with a sigh for the becomingness of the blue kimona.

From Judy by Bailey, Temple

Yes, in spite of the feeling of looseness about her head which worried her not a little, she could see the intense becomingness of the new way in which her hair was arranged.

From The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel by Winter, John Strange