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

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

He interviewed Dictator Benito Mussolini month ago and that modern Caesar, instead of growling fresh warning to the world, suggested dovelike that President Roosevelt should arrange an arms limitation conference.

From Time Magazine Archive

For Henry James, an American girl abroad was a dovelike creature, all too easily undone by the serpentine charms of Old World society.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the harrowing picture thus conjured up her voice fairly shook, and the tears started into her dovelike eyes.

From A Houseful of Girls by Tytler, Sarah