prettiness

Example Sentences

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The prettiness of the new surroundings is just a front, of course, and she starts to discover some sinister happenings within the ancient walls.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2024

McDermott’s writing is often called “gemlike,” but that speaks to pressure as much as prettiness, as Tricia navigates war, marital strife and the increasing oppressiveness of the crowd of military wives that surrounds her.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2023

“I wanted to pull an audience in with an almost pastel, postcard prettiness, so that everyone and everything looks delicious, but with something dark and dangerous underneath.”

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2022

I like to cut the carrot on a slight bias for prettiness.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2022

It was a pretty, shaded portion of the city, though its prettiness was to Holmes merely an element to be entered into his calculations.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson