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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Paxton is nobody’s idea of a handsome man, but it’s simply not true that he dresses poorly.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
For the second successive week, England will have an eye on the scoreboard as they aim to claim a handsome win over the Kumuls.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
He’s movie-star handsome, and was married to the supermodel Gisele Bündchen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
In a by-election in December 1969, he won the seat with a handsome majority.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Instead, he was “a 36-year-old unshaven woolly-headed Guardsman in wrinkled flight suit and scuffed boots” facing “a cadre of handsome, young Marine officers—the President’s elite fliers: close-cropped, fresh-shaved, immaculate in tailored flight suits, spit-shined boots.”
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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
As the boy grew stronger and handsomer, Johnny grew in weakness and went further and further downhill.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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
Alex Hassell, who plays Rupert, not knowingly undersold in the show as the "handsomest man in England", says that, to his surprise, his on-screen relationship has become a hit with Gen Z.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
The Ethiopians are said to be the tallest and handsomest men in the whole world.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Best of all, he gifted us with the handsomest savior in the DC Universe, Eagly.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2022
“Isn’t he the handsomest creature in the whole world?”
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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