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

Two of the night’s strongest performances came from young women using pianos to accompany the wispy, stratospheric upper reaches of their registers — and to comment on the tyranny of fragility and prettiness.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024

The flowers come out before the leaves, so you get a big jolt of pure prettiness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023

For someone to see us — really see us — for all our prettiness and ugliness and want to stick around anyway?

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2022

Eliza, the second daughter of Mary and Thomas, lacked the prettiness and fire of her three sisters.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith