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
Reason for these amenities was that British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had sent Il Duce a dovelike message on the Spanish question.
From Time Magazine Archive
Percy's position, while certainly not dovelike, was far less militant than Douglas'.
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
