prettiness

Example Sentences

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The prettiness of the new surroundings is just a front, of course, and she starts to discover some sinister happenings within the ancient walls.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2024

McDermott’s writing is often called “gemlike,” but that speaks to pressure as much as prettiness, as Tricia navigates war, marital strife and the increasing oppressiveness of the crowd of military wives that surrounds her.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2023

The other comes down to a question of prettiness.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2022

For someone to see us — really see us — for all our prettiness and ugliness and want to stick around anyway?

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2022

Mrs. Lawrence missed Emeline and the way her effervescence and physical brightness—her prettiness and sunflower hair—lit the sullen halls of Holmes’s building.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson