dove-like
Example Sentences
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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
Should he go and leave the Native Officer in command, or should he send forth the two precious trucks into the gathering gloom and hope that, dove-like, they would return?
From Cupid in Africa by Wren, P. C.
He pulled forward his chair, sat down, and opened his book, and when he had found his place, he sent his cold, horrible eyes across to her warm, startled, dove-like ones, startled beyond bounds.
From In God's Way A Novel by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne
“Cooey, cooey, cooey, cooey!” cried Cynthia to the baby in a very dove-like manner, as she kissed and fondled it, laughing merrily the while.
From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by Fenn, George Manville
