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

We know the novel’s prettiness will always be there to belay this heroine to a gentle landing.

From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2023

For all her extraterrestrial prettiness and spooky, precocious gifts, she’s still a teenager — in some sense not fully cooked yet, if she’ll ever get to be.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2022

The gravestones are few and recent: blockish oblongs of granite polished to a Presbyterian gloss, the letters cut plainly and without any attempt at prettiness.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood