pulchritude

Example Sentences

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Why, at this moment celebrating body positivity and diversity, the natural pulchritude of all figures, do women continue to wrap wire around their breasts, hoisting them inches above their innate resting position?

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2022

Offering an appropriate example of plus-size pulchritude to heavier men, as well as to the fashion industry, required a candidate who seemed relatable, in Bart’s words.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2016

If you get a little sick of being in the middle of all the documentary evidence of their pulchritude, tell them to toss the selfie stick, and that you’ll be their official photographer.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2015

They, too, were lined up so that everyone could see and photograph them in all their gleaming pulchritude.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2012

There were many more of the succeeding generation, of course, many more whose ancestry derived from gold not blood, and they made up in style and ritual what they lacked in pulchritude.

From Black Oxen by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn