prettiness

Example Sentences

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Prettiness is next to godliness, which is why many of the players wear makeup during tournaments and treat their competitiveness as an imperfection that needs to be covered up with hugs and smiles.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2015

Prettiness, with its overtones of gentleness and sweetness, formed, as it were, the primordial substance of Milanese painting.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Prettiness has this connotation of passivity and innocuousness," she says.

From Time Magazine Archive

Prettiness, according to Mrs. Deacon’s severe judgement, counted for nothing; as she had once observed, “It was only as deep as the epidermis.”

From Jane Lends A Hand by Watkins, Shirley

"Prettiness is the exception, not the rule," replied Maud, with decision.

From Horace Chase by Woolson, Constance Fenimore