comely

Example Sentences

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As for the pictures, they’re shrouded in ominous shadows, but although the raven’s eyes burn like embers, the bird does nothing worse than cry “nevermore,” and Lenore, when she appears, looks downright comely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Was she too fancy to have her dental work performed by a comely rattlesnake in the Badlands, as is custom in South Dakota?

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2024

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 • Mar. 30, 2023

Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2019

It may well be imagined what emotions passed through my breast when I saw Dr. Trefusis’s goal: the comely girl who sang such exquisite arias.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson