fetching

Example Sentences

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Through Stacy’s fetching sadness, we come to know that maybe a certain motivational speaker was right.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

Khan’s younger son fell for Durrushehvar’s fetching cousin, and so the two couples wed in Nice in 1931 in an elaborate wedding before taking ship for Hyderabad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

A fetching lass in Regency garb and her paramour, confessing his ardor.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

The record-setting sale of Kahlo's self-portrait came two nights after Sotheby's made another record sale, with a painting by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt fetching $236.4 million -- the second-most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

My job in the group includes fetching water for the shrimp catchers, helping untangle their nets, and separating the shrimp from weeds.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung