handsome
Usage
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Handsome often implies stateliness or pleasing proportion and symmetry: a handsome man. A person or thing that is beautiful has perfection of form, color, etc., or noble and spiritual qualities: a beautiful landscape, a beautiful woman. That which is lovely is beautiful but in a warm and endearing way: a lovely smile. Pretty implies a moderate but noticeable beauty, emphasizing gracefulness or delicacy: a pretty flower.
Example Sentences
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The CrossWave’s claim to fame is its handsome faux-teak wraparound deck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
In a by-election in December 1969, he won the seat with a handsome majority.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“The handsome one, I’d probably get that,” Black half-jokingly said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Investors who’ve been in on the artificial-intelligence build-out have reaped handsome stock-market gains over the past few years.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
At the sight of Frankie’s sharp, handsome features, I couldn’t help but feel a ripple of trepidation.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
You can get a handsomer guy who has more star quality.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2021
Now, however, he’s finally getting the cinematic recognition he deserves: Chris Pine, who is definitely handsomer than Robert ever was, will star in a new Netflix movie, Outlaw King, to be released Nov. 9.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2018
The 2008 revival of “South Pacific” on Broadway gave the baritone Paulo Szot, who reimagined the role of Emile de Becque in a younger and handsomer vein, an entree to a significant international opera career.
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2017
There’s even a revisionist version of “Roots” that isn’t more than serviceable but is remarkably more handsome handsomer and better acted than the original.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2016
They were well-kept and handsomer, but basically, they were the same red-brick Georgian Colonials.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
This may be the handsomest yet, and a very fine excuse to wander into the deep, dark woods of “Rubber Soul” yet again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Sitting in the middle of the sorting floor is a lone basket reserved for Grade AA durians, the handsomest of the lot.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
The Ethiopians are said to be the tallest and handsomest men in the whole world.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Best bit: “You just never know how love will end / But never ever introduce her to your handsomest friend” from the song Father and Son.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2020
My eyes picked Karel immediately from the crowd in front of the church, dressed in top hat and tails as were all the male guests, but incomparably the handsomest there.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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