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

The becomingness of exercising this office is removed in two ways.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

On the other hand man derives pleasure from the other senses, not only for this reason, but also on account of the becomingness of the sensible object.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

The becomingness of Cecilia's gray, or rather white, hair struck me more than any other change in her.

From Records of Later Life by Kemble, Fanny