dovelike
Example Sentences
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“Seidel would have given us the makers of Auden’s tigerish blazer and dovelike shoe,” he writes, “but he was never impressed enough that Auden didn’t.”
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2015
Reason for these amenities was that British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had sent Il Duce a dovelike message on the Spanish question.
From Time Magazine Archive
For Henry James, an American girl abroad was a dovelike creature, all too easily undone by the serpentine charms of Old World society.
From Time Magazine Archive
Without warning, wearing an unbecoming dovelike look, tough, gruff John L. Lewis clumped out of his lair brandishing a proposal for �of all things�labor peace.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Thank you, sir," responded Virginia, prettily, looking at the old man with her dovelike eyes; but Betty tossed her head—she had an imperative little toss which she used when she was angry.
From The Battle Ground by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
