handsome
Usage
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Handsome often implies stateliness or pleasing proportion and symmetry: a handsome man. A person or thing that is beautiful has perfection of form, color, etc., or noble and spiritual qualities: a beautiful landscape, a beautiful woman. That which is lovely is beautiful but in a warm and endearing way: a lovely smile. Pretty implies a moderate but noticeable beauty, emphasizing gracefulness or delicacy: a pretty flower.
Example Sentences
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This Ohio-made cabinet, available in natural wood and six colorways, is a handsome place to stow a DVD library.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Paxton is nobody’s idea of a handsome man, but it’s simply not true that he dresses poorly.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
These features are adequately handsome; they also represent relatively easy work for the panel-stamping shop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Skarsgård’s wicker man is tall, blonde and handsome on the outside, but hollow by design.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
“He’s obviously the most intelligent and handsome hamster you have.”
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
Whatever the reasons, the local chapter of the Danish Brotherhood constructed a big, sturdy, multiuse building with handsome parapets outside and handsomer parquet flooring inside.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
Now, however, he’s finally getting the cinematic recognition he deserves: Chris Pine, who is definitely handsomer than Robert ever was, will star in a new Netflix movie, Outlaw King, to be released Nov. 9.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2018
The 2008 revival of “South Pacific” on Broadway gave the baritone Paulo Szot, who reimagined the role of Emile de Becque in a younger and handsomer vein, an entree to a significant international opera career.
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2017
There’s even a revisionist version of “Roots” that isn’t more than serviceable but is remarkably more handsome handsomer and better acted than the original.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2016
Alyn was handsomer than Jory had been; he was going to be a knight one day.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
This may be the handsomest yet, and a very fine excuse to wander into the deep, dark woods of “Rubber Soul” yet again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The Ethiopians are said to be the tallest and handsomest men in the whole world.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Best bit: “You just never know how love will end / But never ever introduce her to your handsomest friend” from the song Father and Son.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2020
Randy Kreiling was from Peoria, Illinois, and one of the handsomest guys ever, just a stud.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2018
And people will visit us, and envy us, and talk about us; they’ll say we are the luckiest, happiest, handsomest couple in all England.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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