becomingness

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2019

The anticipation was fulfilled next day by the completion of a shirt waist so striking in design and fit that even John noticed its beauty and becomingness and acknowledged that the chart was "no humbug."

From Clover and Blue Grass by Hall, Eliza Calvert

I give you the two passages in full, trusting that you may so feel the becomingness of the one, and the gracelessness of the other.

From Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by Ruskin, John

And the thing that struck me most in the look of it was not so much the cheerfulness, as the dignity;—in a true sense, the becomingness and decorousness of the ornament.

From Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by Ruskin, John

Abraham’s repeated conflicts and victories closed with quite as much becomingness in a last trial of his faith, when he was called to die without having received the fulfilment of the promises.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews by Edwards, Thomas Charles