endearing
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Still, with his chest-hugging T-shirt and rugged handsomeness, Mr. Bernthal recalls John Travolta in his early prime rather than the sweaty, disheveled but endearing desperado memorably created by Mr. Pacino.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
There have also been endearing moments that have captured the public's attention.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
“I never thought about being an actress. I only thought about sewing,” she says with an endearing smile.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
At its centre is Anand "Annie" Grover, an endearing fifth-year student suspended between idealism and chronic distraction.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
Perhaps it was because he did not have that familiar superiority of English people who thought they understood Africans better than Africans understood themselves and, instead, had an endearing uncertainty about him—almost a shyness.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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