prepossess

Example Sentences

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He was not a physically prepossessing young fellow.

From New York Times

Even the British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton wasn’t immune: “Truly prepossessing was our first view of the then mysterious island of Zanzibar,” he wrote in “Zanzibar: City, Island, and Coast” in 1872.

From New York Times

It was the first time in his life he had been summoned to a principal’s office for disciplinary reasons and he did not find the circumstances prepossessing in any way.

From Literature

McLEAN, Va. — The campaign manager spoke about her candidate’s race with a veteran’s prepossessing self-assurance.

From New York Times

She was by all accounts a prepossessing woman, with flaxen, pompadoured hair and blue eyes.

From Washington Post