comely

Example Sentences

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The bit was funny enough, but I was aware while watching it that it wouldn't have worked at all if Colbert had been putting a comely actress through the paces.

From Salon

Katharina notes that the woman who has accused her “looks like a comely werewolf.”

From Washington Post

Mary finds plenty of material for her nightly fantasies in visions of comely young men she glimpses on the docks or in her father’s office.

From Washington Post

Her comely, mercurial mother mocked her desire to be a poet, telling her that “everything written in books is a lie.”

From New York Times

There’s plenty going on with one comely client of Sam’s that the American Counseling Association would frown upon.

From Washington Post