prepossess
Example Sentences
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He was not a physically prepossessing young fellow.
From New York Times
Even the British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton wasn’t immune: “Truly prepossessing was our first view of the then mysterious island of Zanzibar,” he wrote in “Zanzibar: City, Island, and Coast” in 1872.
From New York Times
McLEAN, Va. — The campaign manager spoke about her candidate’s race with a veteran’s prepossessing self-assurance.
From New York Times
She was by all accounts a prepossessing woman, with flaxen, pompadoured hair and blue eyes.
From Washington Post
Neatly depicting a prepossessing waiter, Ben Houghton also occasionally tinkles away at a grand piano and lends his tenor voice to several Coward songs such as “If Love Were All.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
