dovelike
Example Sentences
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“Seidel would have given us the makers of Auden’s tigerish blazer and dovelike shoe,” he writes, “but he was never impressed enough that Auden didn’t.”
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2015
Reason for these amenities was that British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had sent Il Duce a dovelike message on the Spanish question.
From Time Magazine Archive
As in other of his books, in Unclay there are the simple-minded clergyman whom nothing shocks, the dovelike virgin, the innocent poor farmer, the rich farmer like a boar.
From Time Magazine Archive
Percy's position, while certainly not dovelike, was far less militant than Douglas'.
From Time Magazine Archive
A hint of dovelike and tigerlike qualities shone in his dark eyes.
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa
