beatifically

Example Sentences

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In black-and-white photos from the 1940s, he was the chunky kid looking up at my grandfather beatifically.

From Slate • Oct. 4, 2023

Ten minutes later, she showed up wearing a black KN95 mask and bearing a chubby-cheeked, 6-month-old baby who stared at me beatifically from her carrier.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2022

Around the basin curve again, not far from where Busse was sprawling, a young woman in a striking, long pink flowered kimono smiled beatifically, an antidote to lingering pandemic sadness.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2022

Minutes after Walker and her Gospel Redeemers, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson appears, looking as beatifically beatnik as he’d ever get.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2021

Smiling beatifically, and wearing both his decorations, Napoleon reposed on a bed of straw on the platform, with the money at his side, neatly piled on a china dish from the farmhouse kitchen.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell