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
Dolly sat knitting, the light shining on her infantile fair hair, her eyes downcast in a dove-like meekness.
From In the Mountains by Arnim, Elizabeth von
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.
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
