dove-like
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In French, the word “pigeon” has two senses: a dove-like bird, but also a dupe, victim or fall guy.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2015
The three decanters boast an avian grace: the Swan's swooping body, the Flamingo's long slender neck and the Paloma's dove-like curves.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fate had given the youngster for a wife a little innocent, with kiss-curls, dove-like eyes, and a baby face, from which there spoke the pure soul of an angel.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
I feel as if her kind, blue, dove-like eyes rested soothingly on my hot forehead.
From Stories and Pictures by Isaac Loeb Peretz
"Do you hear that delightful music, Minna?" said he, in his dove-like tones, for the eagle had ended his cry.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Honor? de Balzac
