bonny
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And Coach Kliff Kingsbury, the bonny prince plucked from Texas Tech in 2019, was scheduled to receive his comeuppance by now.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
The TV star wrote on Instagram he had had a "bit of a prang" but insisted things were "all nice and bonny".
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2020
“It’s bonny, happy, chirpy, fun,” director Richmond says of the score, noting that it’s hardly what audiences will expect the witches to sing.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2018
Basically, Claire pulls the 18th century equivalent of a #yesallwomen campaign, and celebrates her victory by standing on a buttress and smiling vacantly at some wee bonny children.
From Time ● Aug. 16, 2014
“Not at all—it bears the most gracious message in the world: for the rest, you are not my conscience-keeper, so don’t make yourself uneasy. Here, come in, bonny wanderer!”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
While some of his ban mots may have grown bonnier in telling, and others may be wholly apocryphal, who can say for sure?
From Time Magazine Archive
“Not a bit, and you never will. You’ve grown bigger and bonnier, but you are the same scapegrace as ever.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
But cheer up, my dear! ye’re bonnier than what he said.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Allison was “coming to herself,” growing “like other folk,” only bonnier and better than most.
From Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not by G. H. (George Henry) Edwards
Well, checked cloth is bonnier than black broadcloth to some people.
From An Orkney Maid by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
The prams of Britain are filled with the bonniest babies in living memory.
From Time Magazine Archive
So he suggested a cat instead, “the bonniest little cat ye ever did see.”
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
The hand of the best and bonniest lass in Portie was a suitable reward for the hero.
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
He was not, as Mr. Taylor would have put it, looking his "brightest and bonniest."
From The Setons by O. Douglas
“I’m no meaning,” Nanny continued hurriedly, fearing to offend her benefactress, “but what you’re the bonniest tid I ever saw out o’ an almanack.
From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
