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

"I hope"——began the dove-like murmur of a fair invalid: she ceased, and her dewy eyes told all she would have said.

From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Lunettes, Henry

Try to outvie and outdo and even affront that dove-like simplicity he used to adore in you, and into which you are still apt to relapse.

From A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

On minds of dove-like innocence possess’d, On lighten’d minds, that bask in virtue’s beams, Nothing hangs tedious, nothing old revolves In that for which they long, for which they live.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward