英语词汇“prettiness”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

It was too soon, her youth and prettiness had frightened him, he was too much used to living without women—he did not know the reason. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She was so pretty Johnny could hardly think where all this prettiness came from, and sourly he thought it came from Rab. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing he noticed when he arrived in Lagos was Susan’s sparkle, her posh prettiness, the way she focused entirely on him, touched his arm as she laughed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The gravestones are few and recent: blockish oblongs of granite polished to a Presbyterian gloss, the letters cut plainly and without any attempt at prettiness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t even have the generic prettiness that made him inclined to believe the rumor that Nigerian politicians swapped mistresses. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The swelling went out of her cheeks and the prettiness of convalescence came to her face. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Not the shoulder bag, dear,” said Mrs. Coulter as Lyra came out of her bedroom, glowing with a sense of her own prettiness. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was a pretty, shaded portion of the city, though its prettiness was to Holmes merely an element to be entered into his calculations. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There was a certain kind of beauty, a prettiness that everyone could see. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In the schoolyard his very prettiness caused some difficulty until it was discovered by his testers that Aron was a dogged, steady, and completely fearless fighter, particularly when he was crying. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eliza, the second daughter of Mary and Thomas, lacked the prettiness and fire of her three sisters. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face had brightened when she came back; there was a smiling, even-featured prettiness, drawn out by that phone call, that Ifemelu had not earlier seen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There’s a kind of faded, weary prettiness to her. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Cherry knocking" sounds a pretty word but prettiness often papers over nastiness. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu liked to watch Clinton on television, in her square trouser suits, her face a mask of resolve, her prettiness disguised, because that was the only way to convince the world that she was able. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Instead, you get restored or re-created buildings with plaques and interpretation boards, so it doesn’t have much, or indeed any, real life, but it still has a certain beguiling, polished prettiness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I will tell her that at eighteen the prettiness drained from my cheeks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t a performance about nonessentials, certainly not about prettiness when deeper meaning was there to be probed. Review | Christian Gerhaher’s Mahler recital stabs listeners in the heart 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z

The first thing people talk about when they talk about Jennifer Aniston’s role in Cake is her ugliness — or at least, her lack of characteristic prettiness. Watch Jennifer Aniston Get Unglamorous in the Trailer for Cake 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

So perhaps it's not inappropriate to remember the prettiness of Haiti's past. Haiti: rocked to its foundations 2011-01-11T21:31:00Z

Disco Inferno weren't the first band to mix prettiness and noise, but the working method they hit on meant the noise and the beauty weren't just mixed, they were inseparable. The time is ripe for a return to Disco Inferno 2011-08-11T20:59:01Z

“The mainstream media seemed to be giving them a pass on their ideology and focusing on their prettiness and blondeness,” recalled Davis. 'White Noise': Racism with a good beat 2011-03-26T14:08:30Z

She is concerned with the skin on her face, the relative prettiness of her twin sister and the ghost of Susan Sontag. A case of shifting identities in Vendela Vida’s twisty new novel 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

His American flag grill is silly, yes, but not any more so than our inclination to take his prettiness, or even his extraordinary athletic ability, as a sign of much more. Ryan Lochte: So sexy, so dumb 2012-08-06T21:30:00Z

But those stolid words do not express the light and lacy prettiness that made theValentino show the essence of summer. Fashion Review: Karl Lagerfeld Sends Out a Pearl of a Chanel Show 2011-10-04T17:38:09Z

A track like I'm With You But I'm Lonely builds a bruised prettiness by piling up miniature events: keyboards twitter at one another, while underneath, a toyshop's worth of anxious clockwork rhythms clatter around. Tom Ewing 2010-09-16T20:44:00Z

In essence, she has crossed a line from prettiness to power. Review: At New York City Ballet, an Intriguing Glimpse of the Future 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

For someone to see us — really see us — for all our prettiness and ugliness and want to stick around anyway? Have butter, noodles and onions? Make this simple weeknight meal 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z

“Also, prettiness and politeness can be a good way to bring forward a message to your local representative.” Writing Your Senator? New Stationery Adds Flair to the Message 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

The Product: M.A.C. greasepaints "There's still prettiness in a darker world," Kendall said. | Sacai 2012-10-01T14:24:37Z

Vallée capitalizes on the prettiness of this conceit by shuffling history and present together throughout each episode, increasingly bleeding and blurring the borders between the two as the plot moves along. Women’s anger is not to be ignored: Lessons from HBO’s “Sharp Objects” 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z

What they are is wildly trendy, an “it” vegetable to a generation of chefs who are drawn to their mix of prettiness and pungency. Know Your Onions (and Shallots and Leeks and Ramps) 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z

The designer’s mixes of soft pistachio green and apricot colors, and surfaces either glazed with an icy sheen or wafting with feathers, made for a modern prettiness. Special Report: Fashion: Addicted to Love 2011-02-13T17:19:03Z

Such as: “I don’t like eccentricity except in others,” “Beauty endures, prettiness passes” and “Nothing looks more like artificial jewelry than a very beautiful gem.” Gift list: 5 chic books about fashion and style 2013-12-18T22:30:32Z

But more routine performances of this now ever-popular piece, inspired by a poem by Stéphane Mallarmé, reduce the music to mere prettiness. Case Scaglione Leads the Philharmonic and Joshua Bell 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

So the base of the collection was “prettiness,” not such an easy path now that fashion has moved on from girlish froth to austere minimalism. Special Report: Fashion: Life on the Ocean Wave 2010-10-01T18:50:00Z

His skill is in incorporating those couture shapes in an offhand way, and steering clear of English-garden prettiness. Fashion Review: In London Fashion, the Olympic Glow Continues 2012-09-19T19:37:35Z

Perhaps it's the movie's sheer prettiness, with its rainbow of greens and blues in the Highlands hills and lakes, or the way Merida's bouncing mane becomes practically a character in itself. 'Brave': Pixar's latest is lovable and endearing 2012-06-20T22:25:06Z

Which means that, lacking an electric current to invisibly connect its characters, this “Picnic” remains little more than a billboard for prettiness. Theater Review: ‘Picnic’ at American Airlines Theater 2013-01-14T03:19:35Z

And this was a show to savor for its outward prettiness and to ponder for its interior vision. Special Report: Christopher Kane's Flora 2010-02-22T18:42:00Z

Even if this is a false impression, a broken nose takes away the potential stigma of prettiness from a male face. Non-stop action: why Hollywood’s ageing heroes won’t give up 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

Sunday brings both a sudden storm and Watford sisters the Staves – the prettiness of their voices calls for darker, deeper accompaniments. Cambridge folk festival 2012-07-31T17:33:57Z

But every note in Mr. Sondheim’s score feeds a larger, sustained air of menace and obsession, of ugliness and dissonance lurking beneath surface prettiness and harmony. Two Sides of Sondheim in the Berkshires 2010-07-06T21:36:00Z

The best Degas exhibitions take you past the prettiness and straight to the heart of weirdness that makes his work, despite overexposure, always worth further effort. Review: ‘Degas’ Little Dancer,’ at National Gallery

He catches her “gleaming black eyes” and her “wheezily pealing laughter” and her “elfin prettiness” and her gap-tooth grin. Books of The Times: Tales of Lives Extinguished All Too Soon 2011-04-12T23:52:00Z

The prettiness was a visual effect, but it manifested in the very sound of his voice—taunting, naughty, theatrically British—and in the lush enveloping melodies of Blur songs. That Time My Band Opened for Blur 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z

“I haven’t been interested in prettiness for a long time, and the world doesn’t look saccharine and innocent to me anymore,” Chung, who launched her eponymous brand in 2017, said in a statement. Alexa Chung imagines 'off the grid' escapism for second London show 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z

There is no preening prettiness here as the dancers, dressed nonchalantly in green and black practice wear, fling their legs to the sky with a hard, dominating glare at the audience. The Washington Ballet, perfectly balanced in Forsythe’s ‘In the Middle’ 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

It is not without prettiness and skill, but, circling through iteration after iteration, it lingers rather too long. Music Review: ‘Hesperus Is Phosphorus,’ Lewis Spratlan’s New Work 2012-06-06T21:28:15Z

The prettiness may seem surprising given the violence of the subject matter, but this is tempered by a growing sense of unease, and it grows in power with repeated listens. Laurel Halo: Quarantine – review 2012-05-31T20:49:01Z

“Grace Action” uses 12 performers; I find it a dance of pretty surface rather than of human depth — but the prettiness is exceptional. Review: For Pennsylvania Ballet, Transitions Onstage and Off 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z

It was hardly a groundbreaking collection, but its easy, flirty prettiness was appealing. Lanvin gets world-weary fashion crowd worked up 2010-10-01T21:00:00Z

And he styles up his feline prettiness to being within a whisker of a Givenchy show. Fashion Review: Alexander Wang, Rag & Bone, Prabal Gurung, Altuzarra 2012-02-13T00:37:02Z

Forceful femininity was Alberta Ferretti’s new fashion code, as she moved from a floaty prettiness to embrace the outwear that dominated the show. Special Report: Ferr?: Clean and Clear 2010-02-26T19:01:00Z

Despite her china-doll prettiness, she has a deep voice and a somber mien that suits Sue’s brusqueness. ‘Phoenix,’ Starring Julia Stiles, at the Cherry Lane Theater 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Ms. Soper performed the second selection, as an allegory of Reason, in which a neo-Classical piano part adds arch prettiness to a text that cleverly spins variations and puns on the same key words. Review: Conjuring the Splintered Self With Electronics and Voice 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

"His boyish prettiness serves the role well, and his early classical training is evident in the ease and conviction he brings to the language," wrote David Rooney in . Orlando Bloom makes Broadway debut 2013-09-20T11:36:57Z

Yet something gets lost in the translation to harmony: whether the sisters' gossamer voices are woven together or flutter alone, what you hear is a bloodless, polite prettiness. The Staves: Dead & Born & Grown – review 2012-11-15T21:45:01Z

Her fans love her for her willingness to draw them into her intimacy, her prettiness and pluckiness. 'I love fame': how Caroline Calloway survived being cancelled 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

But Something More Beautiful gains from the transformation as it careers from disarming prettiness to raw power, and 1999's Blood Red River remains tearfully haunting. Beth Orton – review 2012-11-28T14:38:14Z

I suppose out of habit I contrived for us to go on an occasional shopping trip, and, perhaps because of Hortense’s wonderful prettiness, I was drawn to stores that were a bit more upscale. “This Is Pleasure” 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z

The earliest, Spessivtseva, is the one who would still seem the most radical if seen onstage today; she’s the least concerned with prettiness. Dance on Video From Many Corners of the Web 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

The effect was slightly forced, as if the designer was just wishing to stiffen up the heritage of prettiness at Nina Ricci. Fashion Review: A Graphic View of the '80s 2012-09-28T17:28:20Z

"The pictures are pretty, the music is pretty, the existential voice-overs are pretty: but after almost two hours of wistful, message-larded prettiness, Malick's latest visual symphonic poem has us squirming in our seats," Marshall wrote. Malick confounds Venice critics 2012-09-03T09:25:58Z

The haze began a few years ago as a response to a newfound embrace of classic, crisp melodies; a thick spread on top counteracted the rediscovered prettiness. Critic's Notebook: Going Into the Haze in Their Debut Albums 2011-07-12T22:59:41Z

But the show needed less fabric drowning the body and more of the fluttering prettiness that the label once stood for. Fashion Review: At Givenchy, Sweet Tranquility 2012-10-01T18:52:38Z

“No, I hated all that. They took us into the audition with little number plates in front of us – cattling us into a prison of prettiness,” she says of her very first modelling job. Rebecca Ferguson on Mission: Impossible – ‘Tom says he makes the films for the audience. I don’t’ 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

A relative newcomer, Schilling has some of the wholesome pixie prettiness of Mary Stuart Masterson, but with a strong sultry side. The Lucky One: Zac Efron Grows Up 2012-04-19T15:46:30Z

His 1920s-inspired collection — “The Great Gatsby” without the decadence and ennui — lit up the last morning of New York shows with a pastel prettiness. Special Report: Fashion: Reviews Spring/Summer 2012: Ralph Lauren, Proenza Schouler 2011-09-15T16:56:47Z

Its wispy prettiness is more suited to the climate of the sisters’ native California than challenging New York. 2010-02-17T12:00:00Z

But it surely needs a more certain signature than prettiness. Special Report: Fashion: Elegant Androgyny 2010-09-29T17:46:00Z

In his early days, Mr. Chang served the kind of food chefs like to eat: intense, animalistic, O.K. with messiness, indifferent to prettiness. At Momofuku Nishi, David Chang’s Magic Shows a Little Wear 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z

She toughened up from her signature delicate prettiness. Fashion Review: At Gucci, Frida Giannini Goes from Sexy to Sensual 2012-02-22T18:11:18Z

But for all the sonic riches and episodic prettiness of the music, the selections never quite connected in a way that was emotionally captivating. Review: Christine Brewer in ‘Prayer,’ at Alice Tully Hall 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

Looking back at the greater Beach House songbook, one complaint is that it’s just a perpetual gust of low-stakes prettiness. Review | The Beach House concert that time forgot 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z

At their center, this so-called Mozart of chess — he became the world champion in 2013 at age 22 — is reduced to flying fingers and a face of boy-band prettiness. Review: ‘Magnus’ Delves Into the Life of a ‘Mozart of Chess’ 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

I like to cut the carrot on a slight bias for prettiness. A primer on cooking with cactus 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z

For sure, there’s quite a bit of prettiness here. Review: ‘Goyo: The Boy General’ Examines a Philippine Hero 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

In Guest’s films, a common joke is their physical disparity – O’Hara’s blond prettiness against Levy’s Jewish awkwardness. Catherine O'Hara on the joy of Schitt's Creek: 'Eugene Levy is the sweetest man!' 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z

One longed for more lilt, more prettiness and a lighter touch. From promising U.K. singer Matthew Rose, inconsistent recital at Kennedy Center

So maybe my mother was right; I rejected the path of “prettiness” and focused on developing my smarts instead. “When a woman is smarter than a man”: My mother’s lessons in beauty and independence 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z

The ancestral door at the backdrop opened on a world of Mozart prettiness, where the Dior dresses, as short as their ruffles were sweet, were smothered in pale rose prints. Special Report: Liberty vs. Libertine 2010-03-05T19:16:00Z

“Play” here designates by turns novelty, delight, sport, games, prettiness, music of any kind, gambling, magic shows, spectacles, illusions and fashion. Steven Johnson on How Play Shaped the World 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z

Fiercely competitive, he amplified ugliness to counter the prettiness of his professorial arch-frenemy Henri Matisse. Review | How Picasso’s she-devils changed art forever 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

There were self-contained arias here, including one that ended neatly enough to garner applause — a rarity in Prototype-style contemporary opera — as well as moments of disarming pastoral prettiness. A Dance Steals the Show at an Opera Festival 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z

“I wanted to pull an audience in with an almost pastel, postcard prettiness, so that everyone and everything looks delicious, but with something dark and dangerous underneath.” ‘Recipes for Love and Murder’ That Are to Die For 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z

Scott, put it this way in his “First Reformed” review: “His brow is bisected by a deep furrow, and his former prettiness has weathered into something much more interesting.” Ethan Hawke Is Still Taking Ethan Hawke Extremely Seriously 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

Mr. Allen, who was divorced twice and has four children, loved her “casual prettiness, “trippy dreads,” “kissable lips” and willingness to tell him everything, absolutely everything, about herself. The Writer Anne Lamott Gets to the Happily-Ever-After Part 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z

I didn’t understand how anybody could be so brazen and cavalier about her own prettiness, a characteristic I’d by then internalized as crucial. The Feminist Trailblazing of Sinéad O’Connor 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

In those youthful days, he seemed dismissive of the prettiness that, to him, exemplified the Impressionists. In Norway, Seeking Munch’s Brighter Palette 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

Alexander Dodge’s sets, fleshed out by photographic projections by Aaron Rhyne, have a pop-up book prettiness, though they often seem stranded between two and three dimensions. Review: ‘Anastasia,’ a Russian Princess With an Identity Crisis 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

For all her extraterrestrial prettiness and spooky, precocious gifts, she’s still a teenager — in some sense not fully cooked yet, if she’ll ever get to be. One Apartment Building, Many Lives 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z

While the cinematic approaches are different, there is a common thread: Using the body as a force that steers clear of prettiness in favor of something more primal, raw and even ferocious. When Extremes Attract: Dance and Horror’s New Pas de Deux 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z

Elsewhere, it works best when the pace or intensity drops slightly – Applesauce's bug-eyed prettiness; the woozy, percussive Pulleys; or the skittering rhythms and bending synths of the more downbeat New Town Burnout. Animal Collective: Centipede HZ – review 2012-08-23T14:31:01Z

Some women have embraced the straightforward prettiness of the trend, adding a wicker basket and clog sandals; others have paired them with Dr. Martens or Air Force Ones and a knowing scowl. Pioneer Women Are Roaming the City 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

The other comes down to a question of prettiness. Wendell Pierce Fulfills His American Dream: Playing Willy Loman 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z

Titus Kaphar uses thick fields of black tar to encroach on the morally obtuse prettiness of Impressionism, forcing viewers to confront the cost of European wealth and luxury — in large measure derived from global exploitation. Review | African American artists embraced modernism. But the art world didn’t embrace them. 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

But the new season had a good balance of both streamlined menswear-inspired designs and of sheer prettiness. Dark Opulence and Red Carpet 2014-03-03T20:19:27Z

Mr. Copping cited as his inspiration the watery prettiness of Christian Bérard’s drawings and stage sets in the 1940s, in the days when the decorative artist collaborated with the house of Ricci. Special Report: Fashion: Life on the Ocean Wave 2010-10-01T18:50:00Z

In the clip of the Act I variation above, it's clear that Novikova, with her dark, delicate prettiness, looks the more classic Giselle. The Mikhailovsky Ballet and a tale of two Giselles 2013-03-25T15:15:16Z

It mixed the transparency of ethereal gauze with crisp piqué jacket or it married a romantic prettiness with tougher sport influences from parachute drawstrings, through shorts, to perforated corsets. Special Report: Fashion: Rodarte, Oscar de la Renta and Narciso Rodriguez continue refreshing the dress 2011-09-14T16:32:57Z

Nor did the delicate lace, its prettiness subverted by skull patterns, which created a dark romance in Mr. Tisci’s July haute couture collection. Special Report: Fashion: Taking the Long View 2010-10-04T18:40:00Z

Just a cameo at the throat was the main embellishment, although there was the usual complement of frills, bows and feminine prettiness. Special Report: Fashion: Tears and Applause 2011-03-04T16:41:41Z

Rather than celebrate nature’s prettiness, Rajkovich extols its genius for producing distinctive forms. Review | In the galleries: Natural order, and natural disorder, at VisArts at Rockville 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

Whatever thoughtful instincts Mr. Castellitto might possess are undermined by his addiction to cinematic prettiness. Movie Review: ‘Twice Born’ Stars Penélope Cruz and Emile Hirsch 2013-12-05T22:27:14Z

She is not made in the ballerina mold of the past, all delicate curves and hyper-feminine prettiness. Wendy Whelan Says Farewell to City Ballet 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

Richness reigned on Erdem Moralioglu’s runway, too, which married the sumptuousness of Ottoman dress, its rich fabrics and gilded details, with a daintier, English prettiness. In London, Fantasy Meets Obsession 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

The downside, however, is that too much material falls back on formulaic classroom steps, and the cumulative effect is of one-dimensional prettiness. Birmingham Royal Ballet: Aladdin – review 2013-02-18T11:49:51Z

Whether the prettiness outweighs the silliness will involve a personal calculus. Review: In ‘Only Gold,’ Each Move Is Worth 1,000 Words 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z

A series of pas de deux dominates, but they are unpredictably structured, seamlessly interwoven with the flocking patterns of the corps de ballet, and punctuated by slightly ungainly, angled lifts that relieve the prettiness. Dance Review: San Francisco Ballet Finishes Its London Season 2012-09-25T22:04:19Z

Fujita’s playing, gossamer without sacrificing the sturdy consonance of Mozart’s style, has a prettiness all its own. Review: A Young Pianist Finds His Way to Carnegie Hall 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z

"If we don't get out there and frolic in all that Christmassy prettiness then we're not taking our duty as citizens seriously." Now we await the floodwaters, this time with a peppering of pipes and carrots 2013-01-27T00:04:04Z

For the prettiness of a short-and-sweet A-line lace dress, the delicacy of a filmy white shirt, or bright “Valentino” red for lace, evening dresses were absolutely in the spirit of the Roman couturier. Fashion Review: Karl Lagerfeld Sends Out a Pearl of a Chanel Show 2011-10-04T17:38:09Z

It’s flowers, with their extravagant prettiness and fragrances that linger in our minds and hearts. Flower power: Huge blooms will amaze and attract 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

While Ms. Griffith often wrote political and confessional material, her best-loved songs were closely observed tales of small-town life, sometimes with painful details in the lyrics, but typically sung with a deceptive prettiness. Nanci Griffith, Singer Who Blended Folk and Country, Dies at 68 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z

But for all of its prettiness, the performance as a whole lacked an essential sensuality, the languid daydreams of the fantasizing faun sounding more G-rated than erotic. Case Scaglione Leads the Philharmonic and Joshua Bell 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

Except that, under all that surface prettiness, it was terrible. A rom-com box-office surprise 2011-05-10T16:20:13Z

The dusty pink plaster runway at the Prabal Gurung show suggested an edgy prettiness and with “Addicted to Love” throbbing on the soundtrack, the designer went for a full-on couture romanticism. Special Report: Fashion: Addicted to Love 2011-02-13T17:19:03Z

But when those two women weren’t front and center, “Realm Variations” drifted into slack prettiness. Music Review: American Mavericks, with San Francisco Symphony, at Zankel 2012-04-01T18:48:27Z

“We want the prettiness of the house with an effortless attitude,” Mr. Piccioli said. On the Runway: Valentino: A White Resort 2011-06-21T23:07:15Z

However, the ensemble made the most of this piece's sheer prettiness, guided by an enthusiastic MÃ¤rkl, who directed the piece without notes. Review: A shimmering night of German romantic classics at the symphony 2010-05-14T16:54:00Z

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. 30 books we can't wait to read this fall 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z

The flowers come out before the leaves, so you get a big jolt of pure prettiness. 8 L.A. trees to love that aren't jacarandas 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z

We know the novel’s prettiness will always be there to belay this heroine to a gentle landing. Review | In Allegra Goodman’s ‘Sam,’ a young rock climber struggles to grow up 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z

Subjective social mores alone lead to "thinness" and "prettiness" being viewed as inextricably linked — and if that status quo ever changes, shifting social standards will be what changes it. Thin bodies weren't always attractive: A brief history of culturally relative beauty standards 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z

Widely mocked, it’s a lunatic “Triumph of the Will” without the formal skills of Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl — pollution without the prettiness, Triumph of the Rubes and Grifters. Review: A small but strong display of ancient agitprop from Persia comes to the Getty Villa 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

Acknowledging its prettiness and production values, and some excellent performances, I found it better than unbearable but something less than beautiful. Julianne Moore leaves nothing on the table in 'Lisey's Story.' It's not enough 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

In “Los Angeles,” Alice works the floor at an American Apparel-like store where she is daily reminded to put her prettiness to work, to leverage the idea that she is what customers are really buying. Emma Cline was a literary darling, then a target. With 'Daddy,' she takes aim 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z

The elephant is handsome, seen in a certain light, but we’re talking about prettiness here, so focus on the lilies and try to block out the image of the elephant. A Biblical Rough Draft 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

High fashion has long been fascinated by clothes that turn traditional ideas of prettiness on their head. Frills, feathers and puffed sleeves: why Cinderella's 'ugly sisters' are on trend 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z

Michelle knew that at least some of her success was about her prettiness and her willingness to gather her salespeople and take them out for drinks with male executives near headquarters. The Company That Sells Love to America Had a Dark Secret 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z

Fragments of prettiness would reenter the scene, skewed and nonsensical, Band-Aids of grace just soft enough to hurt when ripped away. How Tori Amos's Boys for Pele rewrote pop by daring to be ugly 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

Both Toro Bravo and Landa take a best-of-both-worlds approach, blending the soup a bunch but reserving some of the ingredients, finely diced, to add back for texture and prettiness when serving. How I got my mind changed about gazpacho 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

The child smiled at the new self in the mirror, this bright face with its velvety scalp, the last prettiness gone. “Under the Wave” 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

Reduce it to imbecility in the name of prettiness? Things that matter, in the words of Charles Krauthammer

He was not afraid of ugliness; in fact he was much more afraid of prettiness. Where Did Picasso’s Genius Come From? 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z

Her words share this lack of obfuscatory prettiness, a deadpan, terse narrative voice complementing her sharp illustrative style. Fresh voices: 50 writers you should read now 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z

Salisbury steak is such an instance: a good idea and a good name, though its reputation as a TV dinner has stained the prettiness somewhat. Saving the Salisbury Steak From TV-Dinner Obscurity 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z

Its prettiness usefully reminds the viewer that there is more to Flint than crime. 'Flint Town' examines the trials and tribulations, but also the beauty, of the Michigan city 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

They're also qualities that regularly turn up in Radiohead's dark and squirmy music, which can often seem suspicious of beauty, as though prettiness were a government plot meant to lull hapless listeners into submission. Jonny Greenwood on the romance and sincerity of his score for 'Phantom Thread' 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

Eye-popping prettiness was enough for many attendees, however. Seattle’s Moore Theatre hosts U.S. premiere of Mark Morris’ ‘Sgt. Pepper at 50: Pepperland’ 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z

Watch HBO’s “Big Little Lies” if you want to see what Witherspoon’s truly capable of; watch this film for some turn-off-your-brain prettiness. ‘Home Again’ review: Pretty fairy tale with Reese Witherspoon lacks real magic 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

There were flowers everywhere, used in ways that went beyond prettiness. Haute couture fashion week gets pastels, petals and pinkness 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z

For Brodsky, beautiful art isn’t necessarily about prettiness—it’s frequently about much deeper things. The Art of Science 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

He takes full advantage of that barely-contained vocal energy in the track, channeling it into lyrics that verge on the poetic — while still giving the prettiness of his subdued melody space to breathe. 5 Songs You Need to Listen to This Week 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

She was delighted by its prettiness, how much everyone who lived there seemed to like it and how it felt both idyllic and down-to-earth, a place of not only stately houses but long-term renters. 350 Square Feet, Two Kids, Two Cats and a Rabbit 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

The prettiness of Down in Splendour was the jewel in a crown of thorns: the Fits’ spikier side was dominated by their brooding leader Shayne Carter. Flying Nun Records: 10 of the best songs of the Dunedin sound 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

Planting with Halloween atmospherics in mind helps us get over the garden’s prettiness. These frightful plants can help you create a creepy Halloween garden 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

Great audio is hard to sell because it doesn't lend itself to benchmarking or obvious prettiness like, say, a better graphics card might. The easiest way to revolutionize your computer’s audio 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

Lifesize and made of wax, her prettiness is self-evident, and in case you missed it, adorned with a string of pearls. Cadavers in pearls: meet the Anatomical Venus 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z

"It’s not like it moves you way up on the scale of prettiness," one woman told Quartz. In the future, all of our selfies will be perfect 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

Mr. Reynolds eschews the prettiness that has ruined Bible movies past and present. A ‘Faith-Based Film’ Rises Above the Usual 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

There is a primness, a cuteness, to the place, a simple if noxious prettiness. A Brisk Swim Across Martha’s Vineyard 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

The demand for dolls that defy prettiness and realistically depict girls’ lives is reaching a new boiling point. The Dolls Beyond Barbie 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

Each series stars an actor not much over 50 whose youthful pinup prettiness hasn't reached its half-life — indeed has been remarkably slow to decay, supporting and underscoring their characters' substantial but not unwavering self-regard. New Fox sitcoms 'The Grinder' and 'Grandfathered' are done well 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

Most places in Italy encourage you to celebrate the prettiness that wealth bestows: exquisite iron grillwork, festive marble fountains. A Cave with a View 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z

I like some of the prettiness of it. Q&A: André 3000 Talks Jimi Hendrix Biopic, Hints at Solo Album

His dresses are all about ruffles, prettiness and femininity – a timeless red-carpet celebrity staple beloved by the glossy Park Avenue set. Six things we know about Amal Alamuddin's wedding dress 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

That translated into “the idea of a sinister and undone prettiness and romance, ill-fated and doomed.” At New York Fashion Week: Finding beautiful balance between Nicki Minaj and incremental change

With #Unapologetic, Mattel hopes to turn Barbie into a feminist doll, one that values a career over clothes, personality over prettiness. Barbie Leans In Just a Little Bit 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z

But down deep, they still think it’s the men who do the important work and women who decorate the workplace with their prettiness. Insulting Kirsten Gillibrand's Body Isn't OK in Congress or the Workplace 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

This is not a passive appreciation of prettiness but an imposition on your senses that absolutely commands your attention, which energizes the fibers of your body but calms your soul. Caledonia Dreaming 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

It is an oasis of colour and prettiness in an otherwise drab part of Glasgow's Maryhill district. Remembering the nine Stockline dead 2014-05-10T23:46:42Z

Now 26 and living in Seattle, Knox is losing her gamine prettiness. Amanda Knox, what really happened: Writing toward the actual story 2014-02-09T12:00:00Z

Others said highs brought feelings of prettiness, strength and productiveness. Rate of Painkiller Overdose Deaths Rises Among Women 2013-07-02T16:00:44Z

"The greenest of fields does not feed you, the prettiness of cottages around you does not put food on your table." Poverty in the English countryside 2013-06-18T23:44:42Z

Young women's role in Japanese society is being knocked back by the fashion for coquettishness and cartoon-style prettiness, complete with singsong voices and contrived ways of walking. The lessons I learned from my week with Japan's power-brokers 2013-02-10T00:07:01Z

Characteristically, he preferred the dark psychology of Italian defending to the "facile" prettiness of Brazilian or Dutch attacking. Zlatan Ibrahimovic's Byronic bicycle kick 2012-11-16T21:45:01Z

In any event, soon after the ship touched at Providence, a Rhode Island tradesman's wife was so attracted by the prettiness of the solitary girl baby as to adopt her. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z

He was all life, all prettiness, far from morose, sullen, or childish in anything he said or did. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z

She was pretty—with a vague unawakened prettiness. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z

Thus when Christmas day came there sat on the hearth, propped up against the back of Stephen Hopkins's big volume of Shakespeare, a doll with a painted face that had real claim to prettiness. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z

Who they really are, beyond prettiness, niceness, and cuteness. The War On Women Begins With Girls 2012-03-19T10:45:22Z

The officers gradually edged in between the seats, and every woman with the least pretension to prettiness was engaged in anything but her prayers for the soul of the late Archduchess. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z

These and like illuminations, far exceeding his age and experience, considering the prettiness of his address and behavior cannot but leave impressions in me at the memory of him. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z

For a time Kipps' mind was occupied by the prettiness of her thinking face. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z

To turn to favour and prettiness a dusty department of literature is no mean feat. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z

He is really interested in his subject whatever it is; and he believes in its power of interesting other men, too much to think it worth while to trick it out with extraneous prettinesses. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z

It set us thinking again of a tricycle on which we could travel at stimulating speed over country monotonous in its prosperous prettiness. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z

Her face was certainly pretty, but it was not of a very high type of prettiness. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z

Might we not say, that Thought and affliction, passion, death itself, They turn to favour and to prettiness? Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z

And Bonne could not help her, for the child, though perfectly formed, and of a soft prettiness, was cast in a smaller mould. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z

None knew better than he that the insipidity of doll-like prettiness may grow exasperating. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z

‘You will find Moose Jaw a very pretty place,’ said a gentleman to me as I left Winnipeg; and certainly it is a pretty place, though not exactly according to an Englishman’s idea of prettiness. Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences 2012-02-14T03:00:28.520Z

Yet the counsels of perfection would tell the artist to eschew such prettiness and multiplied beauties as trench upon broad dignity. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z

Her sweet voice and her remarkable prettiness stormed the meeting. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z

He missed likewise, though unconsciously, the prettiness of the bright little gowns she had always worn; she was dressed now in black, without color or ornament. For the Major A Novelette 2012-02-10T03:00:17.550Z

You wouldn't want Wolf to go there and be beaten by a lot of dogs that haven't half his brains or prettiness! Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z

The peace and prettiness of the whole land, here, however, has been good to me, and I stay on with unabated relish. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z

“But there’s a lot of prettiness on the inside that people miss.” Joy Reidenberg, Anatomist, Builds a Following on ?Inside Nature?s Giants? 2012-02-06T22:58:45Z

She liked his shrewd and humorous wisdom; her directness and simplicity charmed him no less than the extreme prettiness of her face. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z

The child's face was a curious mixture of her delicate rose-tinted prettiness and the bold outlines of his father. For the Major A Novelette 2012-02-10T03:00:17.550Z

The crackling fire danced over its gilt-and-white prettiness, the heavy, ivory curtains, which folded behind her, shut out all the world. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z

His face had none of the prettiness of his mother's, though all the shrewdness: in knowledge of the gutter he looked fifty. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z

She was a wise little ten-year-old who possessed some of Ruth’s dignity and some of Agnes’ prettiness, and the most tender heart in the world, which made her naturally tactful. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z

O'Hara leaned back in his chair, and at the sight of her fresh prettiness his brow cleared and he smiled. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z

I knew that I could look the same for years longer; I have that kind of diminutive prettiness which, with attention, does not change; and I should give the greatest attention. For the Major A Novelette 2012-02-10T03:00:17.550Z

The beauty and peace of the scenery, his manner, the prettiness of his child--even the story which he had to tell. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z

Cecelia, I may remark, lived for her prettiness; she lived by it. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z

She took off her new prettinesses and packed them away in a box in the lower drawer. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z

The girl's face was thinner and more thoughtful, and yet far more attractive even than before; the soft, petulant prettiness of the child giving place to the real beauty of the woman. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z

Marriage had added to her beauty by giving an additional fulness and womanliness to her figure, and changing her springtide prettiness into a more developed loveliness. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z

He was considering no longer the prettiness of the woman, the changing lights upon her face. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z

But with most people the questions were: Where had Lady Bligh discovered such a fresh and taking type of prettiness? A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z

Mary Anne Clarke, our second type of ascendant degeneracy, was, if Buck's drawing of her is truthful, a woman of seductive prettiness, but she could not teach Cruikshank her charm in atonement for her venality. George Cruikshank 2011-12-18T03:00:20.137Z

She was appraising him, for the hundreth time, and he, for the hundreth time, was thinking how pretty she was, and wondering how long the prettiness would last after marriage. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z

The baby inherited neither the stately beauty of his father nor the vivacious prettiness of his mother, though he was rather like his grandfather, Henry IV, whom Henrietta so greatly resembled. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z

But there was something more than mere prettiness about her; she looked useful. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z

It was the prettiness of youth so often seen where the blood of the east and the west is mixed. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z

What you take for mere prettiness is really soul. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z

By G——, child, you madden me with your prettiness. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z

Richard Hughes, she now understood very well, had known her very little, and had loved only her prettiness and light girlishness, charms which were different from anything in his own life. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z

He missed her, missed her bright presence about the house, her youthful prettiness, her coming and going in her independent search for pleasure outside his home. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z

Facial expression such as this in modern work seems entirely confined to children's books and caricature, but one would sacrifice a good deal of our modern prettiness for a few more touches of it. English Book-Illustration of To-day Appreciations of the Work of Living English Illustrators With Lists of Their Books 2011-11-30T03:00:10.703Z

The latter were often so full of grace and prettiness that their loud talk, shrill laughter, and faulty grammar could not wholly rid them of charm. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z

Her fair face reveals a shallow prettiness, but the wrinkles of age are beginning to leave telltale lines upon its smoothness. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z

They have a sort of prettiness when they are quite new; but look at her married sisters. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z

The Earl's translation is devoid alike of pretension and of prettiness. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z

But he put, if he heard, her prettiness aside. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z

Mrs. Van Horn looked downward; she appeared to be examining one or two of her rings; they were not numerous, though each of them had an odd individuality of prettiness. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z

Lord Harlow was not the only man on whom Helena exercised the perfectly legitimate attraction of her extreme prettiness and her enthusiastic child-like enjoyment. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z

But between prettiness and beauty there is nevertheless a great gulf fixed. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z

Gluck had no opportunities in this work for any higher qualities, musical or dramatic, than prettiness; and with him beauty, without visible emotion, was indeed skin-deep. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z

And behind that little conversation in the bus about "Flo's" claims to prettiness was a very practical, though unformed, consideration of her prospects in life. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z

"Very well, Mr. Statue," she thought, compressing those irregular lips whose degree of prettiness he estimated so nicely. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z

The love which he had for Helena was a carnal love, that sprang from desire for her enchanting prettiness; that love he was to cling to, not sacrifice an iota of it. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z

It was an unkempt picture of no great prettiness, and no thought of prettiness, but it gave a curious impression of eager life; a kind of dauntlessness and good faith that hit upon the heart. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z

Just these merits of quick growth, prettiness, and tenacity of life, belong to the Carolina Poplar, a variety of native cottonwood that lines the streets of the typical suburban tract opened near any American city. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z

She liked "Flo," thought her "a nice kid," but mere personal affection could not be permitted to compromise the stern truth about a sacred subject like "prettiness." Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z

If the Captain did not think her face pretty, it must be remembered that the Captain had standards of prettiness of his own. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z

Mere prettinesses are surely not to be expected in a poem so sublime and stately. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z

Her own lost most of its prettiness under the glare. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z

There was something simple and robust in her beauty; it had the quietness of an old Greek statue, without the vulgarity of the modern simper or of contemporary prettiness. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z

They had been taught—heaven help them!—to admire those vacant prettinesses of Leader and they were so docile that they admired anything they believed to be his even when it wasn't his. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z

He very seldom declined into the prettiness of Canova, and if he did not often approach the masculine strength which redeems the faults of Thorwaldsen, he more than once surpassed him even in that quality. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z

And she sat there, happy to be with Constance, with her gentle smile on her round, fair, motherly little face, pleasant and comfortable with her matronly little figure, now too plump for prettiness. The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z

I can tell him 'Christina is my youth and my prettiness and my true faith and all that you once knew.' "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z

I’ve seen no great beauties, but the level of prettiness is high, and occasionally one sees a woman completely handsome. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z

He was a little surprised, nevertheless, for she did not look bookish—nor even intellectual enough to mar her prettiness. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z

Marise was silent, meditating profoundly on the prettiness of the world in which we are called upon to live. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z

But Mr. Dalken admired her prettiness when she was a young miss, and when he was but a slip of a youth. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z

If I was to say a word to my son that I thought that, there wouldn't be no prettiness left to you. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z

The level of prettiness is high, but the level of conversation is low; that’s one of the signs of its being a young ladies’ country. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z

So be sure bid all the good people come; for the lady is a person of great honour, as well as prettiness; and there's money enough for every one of you,—and more, too.' The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z

The very prettiest girl of Central High had been chosen for the chief female character, and in this case prettiness went with brains. The Girls of Central High on the Stage The Play That Took The Prize 2011-09-05T02:00:21.083Z

You must watch over the poor bereaved one,' he said kindly; 'she looks a truly refined, gentle being, as well as full of French prettiness and grace. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z

Men admired her for her sparkling prettiness, and women took to her readily: she was easy to get on with, and she gave pleasant parties. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z

Mrs. Headway, with all her prettiness, exceeded these licences. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z

Her hair was gray, but her figure was slight and upright as a girl's, and many girls in the County must have envied her dainty prettiness, and the charm of her lazy, musical voice. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z

His glance rested on Miss Bolton’s well groomed prettiness with a kind of tired relief, and the sordidness of his own surroundings became more apparent. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z

The water slid down in silver prettiness, splashed upon the face in diamond drops; and Pedro drowned. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z

Lois watched her enjoyment, half preoccupied, yet smilingly, pleased with the girl’s prettiness and success. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z

But she was very quick and intelligent, and Miss Vivian had perforce to accept her impudent prettiness and complete independence. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z

When once a child's eye is focussed for the prettiness of things the dawn of æsthetic perception is pretty sure to bring with it a more serious effort to reproduce their look. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z

Hers was not the robust, if petite, prettiness of Nell Blossom. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z

As in the Miss Ramus, candour and nobility have here taken the place of the Romney prettiness. Romney 2011-08-02T02:00:24.233Z

His panegyrists ignored or never saw his weakness, the theatrical posing of his figures, the ever-recurring sacrifice of reason to sentiment, of strength to prettiness. Murillo 2011-08-02T02:00:19.967Z

There's almost a direct correlation with actress Emma Watson's growing prettiness through the course of the films and Hermione's decreased bookishness and pragmatism. How Harry Potter's Hermione suffered a very Hollywood fate 2011-07-30T14:00:01Z

What has prettiness to do with it, you child? Helena's Path 2011-07-29T02:00:22.607Z

What then is the ‘respect’ in question here,—the something or other in regard to which sublimity and grandeur seemed to be allied with one another, and to differ decidedly from grace and prettiness? Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z

I watched Mary lose her baby prettiness and her front teeth. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z

“At this moment I am trying to imagine that I am in the same world as that hateful suburb, with its prim villas and stucco gentility—its dull, flat, mediocre pretensions to ‘prettiness.’ Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z

She had never had her sister's beauty or attraction, and even her prettiness was fading. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z

Aglow and eager, she murmured something vapid about the prettiness of the sky. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z

Grandeur, too, seems always to possess greatness, though not in this superlative degree; while ‘beauty’ neither invariably possesses it nor tends, like prettiness and grace, to exclude it. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z

Not that she showed ill effects more than in a feverish look that really enhanced her blonde prettiness. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z

With all her engaging prettiness and tasteful attire there was this one thing painfully, obviously lacking. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z

He looked at the couple, seeing deeper—the man vigorous and young, the woman whose prettiness had led him to vow eternal constancy, now lost in drudgery and unequal burden. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z

She rested her head against the back of the chair and regarded him through half-lowered lashes, conscious that the lamplight was doing full justice to her prettiness. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z

Of beauty, thus understood, sublimity is one particular kind among a number of others, for instance prettiness. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z

There are girls who keep all their prettinesses for the outside world, and are anything but attractive within the home. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z

One of these was a young lady, with fair fluffy hair and very fashionable dress, of a peculiarly fresh and delicate prettiness, and a manner that every one called very "taking." Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z

There is no intrinsic prettiness in the common earth or the common water-vessel, in the sole of a worn shoe, or in a workaday gown. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z

It was not that she wouldn't have welcomed sympathetic interest, but a glance in the mirror showed her she had wept too unrestrainedly not to have depreciated the chiefest asset of her charm—her prettiness. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z

The beauty we have in view here is evidently not the same as beauty in the wider sense; it is only, like sublimity or prettiness, a particular kind or mode of that beauty. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z

However, when he now agreed with her last statement; she was not sure whether his agreement emphasized the fact of Mollie’s superior prettiness, or that Polly was an unforgettable character. The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z

His discerning eye fell on the plaintive prettiness of Edna May. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z

But presently his mind began to work, to compare the broad forehead, oval contours, fine-cut nostrils, delicate chiseling of her features, with the common prettiness of his wife. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z

Lucy did not often enter it; but the picture of battered, faded prettiness it presented, taken in at a few glances, and heightened each time it was seen, was deeply stamped on her mind. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z

Sublimity and prettiness are qualities separated by so great a distance that our sudden attempt to unite them has a comically incongruous effect. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z

"I suppose," she said, "one ought to aim at a good appearance— according to one's means,—and the comfort of the family that are to live in the house,—and prettiness,—and pleasantness." A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z

They did not discuss their trouble and they put on clean dresses without their usual pleasure in their freshness and prettiness. Ethel Morton at Chautauqua 2011-05-04T02:00:16.097Z

They were passing under a dim lamp, which for a moment threw Evie's startling prettiness in lit relief against the night. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z

She stood out prominently from the usual dead level of monotonous prettiness which is the rule in American ballrooms and gives piquant plainness so many advantages. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z

Witha she is pretty; but it is only prettiness—a word inapplicable to her kinswoman, who is pronouncedly beautiful. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z

"You see, I hope also," Mr. Southwode said gently, "that your conditions of comfort and prettiness and pleasantness are not excluded?" A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z

Schoolmaster he says they are both deep in witchcraft, and young madam worse than the old mounseer, for all her prettiness and her smooth-spoken ways. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z

Extreme prettiness is not such a common thing that one can afford to miss chances of beholding it. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z

You are using your infernal prettiness to cheat me out of my inheritance. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z

Her ladyship had evidently been pretty in her youth; but though the remains of a fine woman may sometimes be viewed with a blending of admiration with our veneration, mere prettiness seldom grows old gracefully. Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-04-06T02:00:04.340Z

Antoinette was grown up excessively pretty, and was dressed to set off her prettiness. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z

My beauty is only prettiness; while yours—ah! cousin Marion, you are beautiful in my eyes—a woman! The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z

To the ordinary eye the moon and stars have at least prettiness, perhaps grandeur. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z

His face presented none of the smiling prettiness usual with children of his age. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z

Lily, Dolly and Annie Lee were loud in their raptures over her plump, blooming prettiness, but Amelia looked on with a rather strained smile. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z

But the tame prettiness of the valley was obliterated by the shifting wall of dust about the stage; and Thorpe closed his eyes, and resigned himself to misery. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z

She was what might be termed a “dashing creature,”—a little devilish, it is true—but this, in the eyes of her male acquaintances, only rendered her prettiness more piquant. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z

She dropped into the chair he set for her, and, pushing up her veil, revealed a countenance so bereft of the petulant prettiness he knew, that he started and stood gazing in open concern. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z

Was it only prettiness, or was it something more, even in spite of the brown dress? The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z

Couch, curtains, and easy-chairs reproduced this Enchanted Garden effect, forming a paradisiacal background for her intensely modern and somewhat neurotic prettiness. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z

The characters of the minor beauty or prettiness, with relation to ourselves, are smallness, subordination, and subjection. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z

She was pretty, with the prettiness of twenty; round and soft, fair and smooth. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z

Her red hair twisted in smooth shining coils crowned her as with a diadem, and Hilda's girlish prettiness paled before her graver splendour. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z

All the babies' faces were sickly and dirty, with pathetic childish prettinesses asserting themselves against the neglect and the sallowness. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z

Of all the prettinesses of the Indian costuming one sees now only a trace here and there in a few tribes, while in many the moccasin and tepee, and in some only the moccasin, remain. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z

If, however, on the one side, it gives prettiness, on the other, it deprives of all imposing appearance. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z

Withal she is pretty; but it is only prettiness—a word inapplicable to her kinswoman, who is pronouncedly beautiful. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z

She raised her eyebrows, and there was a quaint prettiness in the wilful twist of her lips. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z

It was a strong, stern face, telling of a present of pain, and faintly hinting at a past of prettiness. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z

A few yards farther down a girl with the remains of prettiness was playing the violin at the side of an elderly woman with the smile of professional supplication who held a small tin cup. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z

A sweet face it was—a happy, innocent, child-like face—with nothing remarkable about it save its prettiness and goodness. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z

I looked around to see Mrs. Tabor's face set and stern, every little prettiness of expression fled. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z

It is true that they are pretty, but only with the prettiness of the play of rainbow colors that delights a childish or uncultured eye. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z

In Violet she saw the soft, generous contours and opulent prettiness of which she had caught glimpses in the South. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z

He likes the prettiness of Anne Page and cleverly notes the touch of scorn in her face. Tieck's Essay on the Boydell Shakspere Gallery 2011-01-14T03:00:49.540Z

There were times when Frieda was afraid she might be losing her prettiness through worry, until her mirror reassured her. The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure 2011-01-13T03:01:17.050Z

I wanted to be a Princess; I thought it the most romantic, wonderful fate possible for a plain American girl with nothing but some prettiness and her money to exchange for fairyland. The Ranch Girls at Home Again 2011-01-13T03:01:04.363Z

The youthful prettiness of the girl, the soft roundness of her form, the maiden breast ... all these but accentuated the undeveloped soul. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z

But my dearest prettiness," says I, "hungry as we are I do not exactly see how these cows can help us. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z

But even my preoccupation did not quite blind me to the prettiness of the scene about me. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z

But she also realized that prettiness often makes more appeal, especially to men, than a higher type of loveliness. The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure 2011-01-13T03:01:17.050Z

To turn all the prettiness and potential into the hard currency of silverware. Premier League preview No1: Arsenal 2010-08-02T07:00:00Z

The outer reaches of Hollywood are so crammed with desire, willingness and prettiness, it is a terrifying prospect. Lindsay Lohan: our part in her downfall 2010-07-12T14:24:00Z

Besides, I am vastly proud of your conduct this morning, my prettiness. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z

In fact, I wonder if they were not half asleep when they did design it, given its soporific prettiness. Central Park vs. Prospect Park 2010-07-11T00:48:00Z

But other TV fans — those who like prettiness, say — sometimes find ourselves shuddering. The Medium: How HDTV Scrambles Beauty Standards 2010-06-25T16:48:00Z

Her white quivering face had more significance to him than mere prettiness in this moment. Capricious Caroline

Miss Buffkin had a roguish, voluptuous prettiness which fitted each man's ideal of feminine beauty. A Poached Peerage

"Then go to sleep again, my prettiness," says I. "But what is this?" says she. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z

As tenderly as he could he looked at her agitated prettiness. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode

There was something deeper there than the mere prettiness of feature, something that was impressing itself in an absorbing, insistent way upon him. The Belovéd Traitor

Like Camilla's own charming person, the room had been swept of innumerable little prettinesses, and it looked bare and almost shabby. Capricious Caroline

She possessed that peculiar prettiness which is so often seen in England, and which is rarely seen anywhere else. Rachel Ray

"My prettiness," says I, "we could not wish for a perfecter wedding morning." The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z

Sweet smiles, no mind, an amiable manner, no intellect, prettiness after the fashion of a Parisian doll, to be preferred to that noble, truthful, queenly girl! Love Works Wonders A Novel

She was a small, well-made woman, to whom prettiness had come with her gray hair. Manslaughter

But the tops of the ancient elms and oaks soared above them into the air, and the solemn splendor of a German forest far surpassed the Italian prettiness. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History

She was a woman all over, and had about her so much of a woman's prettiness, that she had not altogether divested herself of it, even when her weepers had been of the broadest. Rachel Ray

Here had my prettiness come and thrown herself on my protection—on the protection of a man utterly ruined, whom the law was already dogging for his liberty, if not his life. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z

The room had lost all of its dainty personality and prettiness. Dolly's College Experiences

Yet, to him Esther's plain face, with its pallor and serious sweetness, with its big mouth and splendidly modeled lips was more beautiful than all his sister Betty's vivid prettiness. The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas

Her appearance was disagreeable to me at the first glance, though no one could have helped owning that her prettiness was more than the mere beauty of youth. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History

This fact Flossie had noticed with keen inward delight, for her own smartness and prettiness naturally took on added luster when placed in contrast with poor Pinkie's poverty. A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life

Much as I admire your solicitude, my prettiness," says I, "it is most highly inconvenient. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z

Wretched as I was I still saw the quaintness and prettiness of Putbus. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen

And though there was nothing mysterious in her youthful, American prettiness, there is always a poignant and appealing quality in all beauty. The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas

There are some little doll-like faces, it is true, whose chief charm lies in the fact that they always seem to be ashamed of their own prettiness. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I.

Unquestionably she was justified in pinning the highest hopes on Alma's eventual success in life—if sheer exquisite prettiness can be a safe guarantee for such. Nancy of Paradise Cottage

My prettiness," says I, "it is under embarrassing conditions such as these that we should endeavour to sustain ourselves with a few tender, amorous passages of love. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z

A new joy had settled upon Betty, whose shy prettiness was turning into beauty. A Bed of Roses

Mrs. Burton decided that seldom had she seen a more enchanting picture—Gerry with her delicate blonde prettiness, Felipe Morris so complete a contrast. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines

Even the beautiful women are exaggerated into doll-like prettiness by a spirit of irony, or are poignant with a thwarted or corrupted innocence. The Trembling of the Veil

As for her prettiness, her beauty of face and form, she thought about them not at all,—almost not at all. Ayala's Angel

It is overloaded with prettinesses, many of which would tell well in conversation, but being rather strown over than woven into his narrative, deform where they should adorn. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The youth congratulated her upon the prettiness of the place. A Bed of Roses

No one of them could have told from whom she inherited her delicate prettiness, her love of luxury and refinement. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines

She was certainly pretty and watching a pretty girl had never wearied Mr. Boller; but far beyond her prettiness was the terrific joke on old Anthony. In And Out

Perhaps to excel some others by the prettiness of her apparel might be a pride to her. Ayala's Angel

But the prettiness and wittiness are Betty's; do we not all know that? Love's Usuries

But with all his contempt for phantasy, there was a touch of the dreamer in Carlyle, and the imaginative beauty, apart from the fanciful prettiness in De Quincey’s work, would have appealed to him. The Vagabond in Literature

Poor Gerry, who had changed so completely in the past few weeks that even her delicate prettiness seemed to have vanished forever! The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines

There were five girls in the party, and the prettiness of this one, slim, pale, and black-haired, was less likely than that of the others ever to occasion an exchange of platitudes. The Spoils of Poynton

Then the door opened, and Ayala, radiant with beauty, in all the prettiness of her best morning costume, was in a moment in her arms. Ayala's Angel

What dominates you is a fever of the blood, an attendant delirium or the mind solely depending on your youth and my passable prettiness. The Day of His Youth

Frances sadly showed us some things she had pulled out of a trunk and, foolishly, I exclaimed upon their prettiness. A Top-Floor Idyl

Her only gifts, prettiness and her desire for the refinements of life which always had been denied her, little in truth to offer when there was no one to help! The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines

She had the prettiness and timidity of a kitten, a kitten's grace as well. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident

Mr. Dosett knew the world well enough to be aware that all pretty girls such as Ayala cannot find rich husbands merely by exhibiting their prettiness. Ayala's Angel

One has to go out of the streets among the lights of the White City in order to see beauty giving way to prettiness. The Book of This and That

"I have not been able to discover a trace of prettiness in you." East Angels

There was no denying Gerry's exquisite prettiness; tonight with her pale gold hair, her fairness and grace she seemed in tune with the beauty of this old-world garden. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines

Of the two prattlers, one is of superb beauty, the other of charming prettiness. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades

She was conscious that Ayala was pretty and witty, though she could affect to despise the wit and the prettiness. Ayala's Angel

On the subject of dress she was very voluble; in brief, she was prettiness and insipidity personified—the sort of woman that ought to be gagged and kept in bed with a doll. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel

Sybil’s prettiness and her charm so wrought upon this dry-as-dust person, however, that he volunteered the address of the literary agent through whom the book had been purchased. Man and Maid

They passed multitudes of people, most of them handsome with a pampered, hot-house prettiness, but betraying the peculiar lassitude which had been sapping the energies of this once dynamic race for millennia. Astounding Stories, August, 1931

Though preserving the prettinesses of her New England speech, she had come to regard washing as a luxury. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel

All the coy prettiness was gone for the moment; the swollen eyes had circles about them, the cheeks were sallow and free of powder as the lips were free of carmine. Leerie

I am really barely good-looking, but I give an impression of prettiness by my vivacity and strict attention to business.” The Daughters of a Genius

“I know my son to be too full of sound common-sense, and too ready to bear honourably his father’s name, to be led away by any temporary fancy for a pleasant-looking piece of vulgar prettiness.” The New Mistress A Tale

Their prettiness, such as it is, is short-lived. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses

She had, so far, taken very little notice of the newcomer, except by vaguely appreciating the fact of her extreme prettiness. The Head Girl at the Gables

Now we shall see how nicely all Bell's prettinesses will fit into the corners! Hildegarde's Harvest

They lacked the grace of the Latin, the charm of the Slav, the overgrown angel look of the English, the prettiness that the American has achieved. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern

He studied her brave eager face, it had in it certain strong earnest lines, certain lines of prettiness, too. Helen Grant's Schooldays

Perhaps they are right, but it seems to me that when Nature stretched her stone canvas in the Rockies she did not trouble with the trivialities of pleasing prettiness or technical nicety. Seeds of Pine

For her prettiness was so informed with sharp intelligence that her face had a challenging and almost aggressive quality. The Torch Bearer

I saw in a magazine the other day that the ladies who give a great many lunches are always wishing to find new little prettinesses for their tables. Hildegarde's Harvest

Gwen was conscious that they were examining her; that they knew she was pretty—they could not deny her prettiness. The New Warden

Miss Thornton had prettiness enough of a certain kind, she wore her gowns well and looked the girl of good breeding that she was. The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients

Even Piero admits that it is very pretty, only he says it is a vignette prettiness,—which, I suppose, is true. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June

I went thrice and was well repaid for the dollars, in sweet music of Auber and Donizetti—there were two primas—for serious and comique—both, too, primas in prettiness. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia

While the paiderastia of the Greeks was sinking into grossness, effeminacy, and �sthetic prettiness, the moral instincts of humanity began to assert themselves in earnest. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion

What were May Dashwood's thoughts as she, too, leaning back in her large chair, looked at the dark hair and the flushed cheeks, the white brow and neck, the radiant pearly prettiness of eighteen! The New Warden

But Miss Thornton’s mind was somewhat self-centred, and as she heard his story her pretty face showed nothing but its prettiness. The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients

I pictured her to myself as a creature of pink and shallow prettiness. The Portal of Dreams

And the brilliant color suited her peasant style of prettiness, her full red lips, her bright crisp bronze hair. Ancestors A Novel

Captain Demer�, coming in at the gate of the stockade one afternoon, exclaimed in surprise and pleasure at the prettiness and the completeness of this rude comfort. The Story of Old Fort Loudon

Aunt Kitty was a fat, smiling, middle-aged woman who was going through life under the delusion that her face still retained the empty prettiness of its youth. The Rosie World

The charge of prettiness is to be less completely ruled out; though it shows even greater mistake in those who do more than touch very lightly on it. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895)

Her sunbonnet had fallen back a little, disclosing her rustic prettiness. Stories of the Foot-hills

She was quite positive that no man would hesitate between her own exuberant prettiness and a face and form that looked as if it had stepped down from a dingy old canvas. Ancestors A Novel

Under the flame of her hair her prettiness showed haggard and forlorn. The Return of the Prodigal

And it was so we saw it; lost in blue sea and sky: a ring of white beach, green underwood, and tossing palms, gem-like in colour; of a fairy, of a heavenly prettiness. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25)

Peggy’s make-up was very successful in effacing every suggestion of youth and girlish prettiness. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted

There's something awfully nice about that sort of prettiness. The Immortal Moment The Story of Kitty Tailleur

Perhaps the doctor wondered at the unusual combination of prettiness and simplicity, for, in his experience, good looks without vanity were something unique. Banked Fires

At forty she had preserved the best part of her youth and prettiness, and an income insufficient for Mr. Norman, but enough for her. The Return of the Prodigal

Then she had admired Sally’s prettiness, the gold brown of her hair and eyes, her white skin and even her indolent manners and graces. The Campfire Girls on the Field of Honor

Then too she always seemed so anxious that the other girls should look well, and so willing to take trouble to this end, that no one could envy her her own prettiness. An Isle in the Water

Their women had to work to trim the edges of their plainer surroundings with the alleviating prettinesses the Hamiltons cast aside with every changing style. Old Crow

Like most pretty women, he judged her fully aware of her prettiness, and not bound by too rigid a sense of propriety. Banked Fires

Phœbe, of course, had done her best to make her prettiness entirely unobtrusive. The Return of the Prodigal

The prettiness of a few songs preserves the memory of his name, but as a poet to read he is forgotten. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century

This was rather pretty in its way, and I found he was a curious mixture of prettiness and downright brutal ruthlessness. Aliens

Stylistic obsession and the taste for material beauty ended in mechanical prettiness, altogether inexpressive or sentimental. Pot-Boilers

Her prettiness had soon faded, and there was no other attraction to eke it out; but her husband was big-hearted and gentle, and he strove hard not to let her see he thought her changed. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam.

Mrs. Armstrong was a vivacious little woman, who, I conjectured, had once been a village belle, with some pretensions to espièglerie and the fragile prettiness common among New England country girls. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8

But now he noted the prettiness of the younger girl, and a certain conceited desire to appear chivalrous, which had earned him the title of "Lady-Killer" among his associates, made him involuntarily spruce. The Plow-Woman

It’s an obsession of hers that prettiness and badness go together. The Bandbox

At the bottom, for what once was art—the expression of man's most holy emotions—smart tradesmen offer, at fancy prices, mechanical prettiness, cheap sentiment, and accurate representation. Pot-Boilers

In this stronger mood, she concentrated upon her own prettiness, the slimness of her body, her power to please him. Coquette

For, when it comes to be a question of each man doing his own share or the rest doing more, prettiness of sentiment will be forgotten. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25)

Answering Lancaster's blunt questions, that followed close upon each other, he paid her prettiness constant and wondering homage; and she, noting the attention, retreated a little and was quiet and abashed. The Plow-Woman

Such beauty was hers as is the mere prettiness and charm of pleasure—nothing high or fine. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History

It is hard to conjecture; for our portrait-painters live in a world which, though not insensitive to prettiness, and impressed by obvious manifestations of ability, cares nothing for art or good painting. Pot-Boilers

As a young girl she had a transparent complexion and a thin sort of American prettiness that unfortunately quickly faded, under the influences of the Church Street house, into a sallow commonplaceness. Clark's Field

A little further, and he will regard charm in the light of an unworthy sacrifice to prettiness, and the omission of a tedious passage as an infidelity to art. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25)

Daintiness and prettiness characterized her attire, which she carried gracefully, to the accompaniment of a soft, faint rustle. The Fate of Felix Brand

No man knows better than I that, as we go on in life, we 410 must part from prettiness and the graces. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)

It must have been sheer surprise in discovering any attribute of prettiness at all about so uncompromisingly homely a girl as poor little Lou. Anything Once

A sort of prettiness did belong to her; a tiny prettiness which had sufficed to catch Frank Jones. The Landleaguers

Quality rather than style and plainness rather than prettiness are his standards in dress. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types

Well, you are an agreeable, young, blooming, giddy Creature; and really Miss your little— youthfull prettiness becomes you. The Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd Drawcansir

Ollie was vain of her prettiness, as any woman is, only in her case there was no soul beneath it to give it ballast. The Bondboy

The bride’s apartment may be white and gold, garlanded with roses, and gay with groups of Cupids; but such prettinesses would not be suitable to the home of a mourning Queen. Needlework As Art

She had laughed about her prettiness and her littleness a score of times with Ada and Edith, and also with Frank himself. The Landleaguers

So it is small wonder that men have placed prettiness near the top of the list, and the Alimentive woman is the prettiest of all types. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types

Because England did not want to shoot a woman, especially 133 not a young woman of a certain prettiness. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards

Isom was too self-centered, and unconscious of his wife’s uncommon prettiness, to be jealous or suspicious of Morgan’s late goings or early returns. The Bondboy

The face might be irregular, lacking in many of the tender prettinesses as natural to other girls, even at twenty-seven, as flowers to a field; but no one could deny its force of character. The Side Of The Angels A Novel

Her prettiness, such as it was, had sufficed, and Frank had loved her dearly. The Landleaguers

She was too dainty, too petite, with a pink-and-white Dresden prettiness that was almost insignificant. Kildares of Storm

Her own prettiness of form and feature had been more than ever impressed upon her by the offers which she refused; and she was determined, as she phrased it, "not to throw herself away." Name and Fame A Novel

Much trouble had made her careless of late of her prettiness, and now she was disheveled, her apron awry around her waist, her hair mussed, her whole aspect one of slovenly disregard. The Bondboy

With the enforced rest and seclusion following on her fruitless dash to escape, her prettiness had become more delicate, less worn. The Side Of The Angels A Novel

A faint offer was made by Ada to abandon some of these prettinesses to her sister, but Edith would have none of them. The Landleaguers

It would have been difficult to recognize in this stricken face the pink-and-white Dresden prettiness that had won her the sobriquet of "Apple Blossom." Kildares of Storm

And would she not wish to leave in her lover's eyes the memory of whatever prettiness she might have possessed? Marion Fay

And if there was not any high pomp about the visit, there was certainly prettiness. Westward with the Prince of Wales

There was a distinction about Lois, he admitted to himself, that neither prettiness nor fine clothes nor graceful niceties could rival. The Side Of The Angels A Novel

A girl of about seventeen, of plump clean prettiness, still sat at the table, which was littered with dishes. In the Shadow of the Hills

Even in her abject poverty, there had been something noticeable about Mag Henderson, aside from mere prettiness. Kildares of Storm

Her eyes were autumnal, but it was not from this, or from the lines of maturity graven on the passing prettiness of her little face, that the notion and the name of Mother-Bird suggested itself. The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse

She was little, very slight, very pretty, but her prettiness was peculiar. The Doctor's Family

She was standing before her mirror, contrasting the image reflected there with Rosie Fay's worn, touching prettiness. The Side Of The Angels A Novel

These observations have commonly borne the character of feebleness and affectation; they have a sort of pedantic prettiness, which is somewhat repulsive, but they do not want ingenuity, or justness of criticism. The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir

Her white sombrero was the only masculine touch about her, and that rather added to her quick, dark prettiness. The Duke Of Chimney Butte

The one is the perfection of neatness, sweetness, cleanliness, prettiness, and order. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule

He could not but admit to himself the prettiness of her trim figure, the quiet sedateness of her beautiful, gentle face. The Hound From The North

I like intelligence, prettiness, and youth--must have them at any cost! Nobody

But this, perhaps, is rather an artificial prettiness, than a real or natural beauty. The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir

It is simple and natural, and entirely free from the besetting sins of so slight a picture triviality, affectation, empty prettiness, or simply silliness. Six Centuries of Painting

These two liked their cousin well enough, and when they wished to tease the Odalisque they called her “carina” and praised her fresh prettiness. Olive in Italy

She was a doll-faced woman, heavily pregnant, a kind of pink prettiness about her. Old Rambling House

She halted, and the mirror of her dressing-table mocked her with the counterfeit presentment of herself, pallid and distraught in all the petty prettiness of her borrowed finery. Nobody

She obtrudes her prettiness—keeps her attractions always en �vidence, as the French say. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties

There, before us, coming down from the black rocks above, leaping from step to step of the stone, were three young girls; but, aye, the queerest sort that ever tantalized a man with their prettiness. The House Under the Sea A Romance

They say—” “The Capuan Psyche and a rose from the garden of Eden,” said a man in the stage box, who had discerned Olive’s fresh, eager prettiness beyond the pale beauty of the Odalisque. Olive in Italy

"Don't go," said Esther, in a conventional prettiness, but no such beguilement as she had wafted through the telephone. The Prisoner

She had lost her fresh cream and rose prettiness, but had gained something in place of it, and though her pale blue eyes were too deeply sunk, her face had acquired strength and dignity. Thurston of Orchard Valley

The room was pretty, but he was a connoisseur and was not satisfied with prettiness. Partners of the Out-Trail

She was the picture of prettiness in a print gown and a big Spanish shawl wrapped about her baby face. The House Under the Sea A Romance

"It's a matter of five or six years," agreed the charmed Bailey, contemplating her with affectionate pride in her prettiness and grace. The Flying Mercury

The passing of M’ri’s youth had left a faint flush of prettiness like the afterglow of a sunset faded into twilight. David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West

My heart grew hot against his smug satisfaction with his own conventional patterns and prettinesses. Ghetto Comedies

Bernard hated sensual prettiness and liked bold, clean lines and subdued color. Partners of the Out-Trail

Her brightness, her prettiness, her appeal had been irresistible to him, and he could but acknowledge, while he trembled at the fact, that for the time he had been possessed by her enchantment. The River Prophet

Further, an the Squire will have you, you shall stay at Gamewell and learn the tricks and prettinesses of Court and town. Robin Hood

Thou wert always finding prettiness of speech and ways that have a charm in them. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia

He agreed with her mother, that he had never imagined Elinor's youthful prettiness could have come to anything so near beauty. The Marriage of Elinor

Moreover, she was pretty, with that haughtiness of mien which turns prettiness to beauty. The Dust Flower

The fire was blazing by that time and shone warm and glowingly on the dark wood and furniture, and everything wore the old pleasant look of comfort and prettiness. Say and Seal, Volume II

The true bowman's hand showeth not in the prettiness of an arrow, mother, but in the straightness and hardness of the wand. Robin Hood

He has even given me a prettiness that plain Quaker garb cannot wholly disguise. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia

But pages of pleasure as well as of prettiness, all those pages were. Say and Seal, Volume I

It was more than the show-girl’s inane prettiness, or the comely wax-work face of the girl on the cover of a magazine. The Dust Flower

Then it's just as well if you keep her away from the places where they make so much of prettiness, I can tell you. Nobody

Dancing steadily through a temperature of 98 in the shade plays hob with some sorts of prettiness. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South

On the contrary, they threatened to gush forth in a new flood over the Widow Brown, on whose plump prettiness, hardly dimmed by her three-score years, he looked with appreciative and ardent eyes. Heart of the Blue Ridge

About one-third of the way from the bottom Ellen came to a little footpath on the left, which allured her by its promise of prettiness, and she forsook the lane for it. The Wide, Wide World

“Now, you mean that I have grown into a young woman, and have lost my prettiness?” By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson

"There is some prettiness; and I like prettiness." Nobody

Mr Horne spoils all by an affected prettiness suggested by a misapplied passage in Milton. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845

The quieter parts of The Lady of the Lake, moreover, are sometimes disfigured by a sentimentality and "prettiness" happily unfrequent with Scott. Lady of the Lake

"Why, for prettiness, I suppose," said Ellen, "and to give shade—I don't know anything else." The Wide, Wide World

Her eyes roamed about her unceasingly for every bit of prettiness, her ears caught the symphony of bird and brook and soughing wind. Seven Miles to Arden

She was a pretty girl, who owed her prettiness chiefly to her bright colouring and the freshness of youth. A Vanished Hand

She knows less of the impulsive, emotional prettiness of adolescence than women of other country communities, and in later years gives herself less to intellectual vagaries. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study

His prettiness is good timber and clean farming. Highways and Byways in Surrey

Shade is one of their uses, no doubt, and prettiness too; He who made the trees made them 'pleasant to the eyes' as well as 'good for food.' The Wide, Wide World

But Patsy’s fancy was busy with a hundred things, while her eyes went afield for every scrap of prettiness the country held. Seven Miles to Arden

She was still young and pretty, with that delicate London prettiness which meets one in these crowded thoroughfares at every turn. A Vanished Hand

单词	prettiness
例句	prettiness It was too soon, her youth and prettiness had frightened him, he was too much used to living without women—he did not know the reason. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She was so pretty Johnny could hardly think where all this prettiness came from, and sourly he thought it came from Rab. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The first thing he noticed when he arrived in Lagos was Susan’s sparkle, her posh prettiness, the way she focused entirely on him, touched his arm as she laughed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The gravestones are few and recent: blockish oblongs of granite polished to a Presbyterian gloss, the letters cut plainly and without any attempt at prettiness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t even have the generic prettiness that made him inclined to believe the rumor that Nigerian politicians swapped mistresses. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The swelling went out of her cheeks and the prettiness of convalescence came to her face. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Not the shoulder bag, dear,” said Mrs. Coulter as Lyra came out of her bedroom, glowing with a sense of her own prettiness. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It was a pretty, shaded portion of the city, though its prettiness was to Holmes merely an element to be entered into his calculations. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There was a certain kind of beauty, a prettiness that everyone could see. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z In the schoolyard his very prettiness caused some difficulty until it was discovered by his testers that Aron was a dogged, steady, and completely fearless fighter, particularly when he was crying. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Eliza, the second daughter of Mary and Thomas, lacked the prettiness and fire of her three sisters. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face had brightened when she came back; there was a smiling, even-featured prettiness, drawn out by that phone call, that Ifemelu had not earlier seen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There’s a kind of faded, weary prettiness to her. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z "Cherry knocking" sounds a pretty word but prettiness often papers over nastiness. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Ifemelu liked to watch Clinton on television, in her square trouser suits, her face a mask of resolve, her prettiness disguised, because that was the only way to convince the world that she was able. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Instead, you get restored or re-created buildings with plaques and interpretation boards, so it doesn’t have much, or indeed any, real life, but it still has a certain beguiling, polished prettiness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I will tell her that at eighteen the prettiness drained from my cheeks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z 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. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z This wasn’t a performance about nonessentials, certainly not about prettiness when deeper meaning was there to be probed. Review \| Christian Gerhaher’s Mahler recital stabs listeners in the heart 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z The first thing people talk about when they talk about Jennifer Aniston’s role in Cake is her ugliness — or at least, her lack of characteristic prettiness. Watch Jennifer Aniston Get Unglamorous in the Trailer for Cake 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z So perhaps it's not inappropriate to remember the prettiness of Haiti's past. Haiti: rocked to its foundations 2011-01-11T21:31:00Z Disco Inferno weren't the first band to mix prettiness and noise, but the working method they hit on meant the noise and the beauty weren't just mixed, they were inseparable. The time is ripe for a return to Disco Inferno 2011-08-11T20:59:01Z “The mainstream media seemed to be giving them a pass on their ideology and focusing on their prettiness and blondeness,” recalled Davis. 'White Noise': Racism with a good beat 2011-03-26T14:08:30Z She is concerned with the skin on her face, the relative prettiness of her twin sister and the ghost of Susan Sontag. A case of shifting identities in Vendela Vida’s twisty new novel 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z His American flag grill is silly, yes, but not any more so than our inclination to take his prettiness, or even his extraordinary athletic ability, as a sign of much more. Ryan Lochte: So sexy, so dumb 2012-08-06T21:30:00Z But those stolid words do not express the light and lacy prettiness that made theValentino show the essence of summer. Fashion Review: Karl Lagerfeld Sends Out a Pearl of a Chanel Show 2011-10-04T17:38:09Z A track like I'm With You But I'm Lonely builds a bruised prettiness by piling up miniature events: keyboards twitter at one another, while underneath, a toyshop's worth of anxious clockwork rhythms clatter around. Tom Ewing 2010-09-16T20:44:00Z In essence, she has crossed a line from prettiness to power. Review: At New York City Ballet, an Intriguing Glimpse of the Future 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z For someone to see us — really see us — for all our prettiness and ugliness and want to stick around anyway? Have butter, noodles and onions? Make this simple weeknight meal 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z “Also, prettiness and politeness can be a good way to bring forward a message to your local representative.” Writing Your Senator? New Stationery Adds Flair to the Message 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The Product: M.A.C. greasepaints "There's still prettiness in a darker world," Kendall said. \| Sacai 2012-10-01T14:24:37Z Vallée capitalizes on the prettiness of this conceit by shuffling history and present together throughout each episode, increasingly bleeding and blurring the borders between the two as the plot moves along. Women’s anger is not to be ignored: Lessons from HBO’s “Sharp Objects” 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z What they are is wildly trendy, an “it” vegetable to a generation of chefs who are drawn to their mix of prettiness and pungency. Know Your Onions (and Shallots and Leeks and Ramps) 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z The designer’s mixes of soft pistachio green and apricot colors, and surfaces either glazed with an icy sheen or wafting with feathers, made for a modern prettiness. Special Report: Fashion: Addicted to Love 2011-02-13T17:19:03Z Such as: “I don’t like eccentricity except in others,” “Beauty endures, prettiness passes” and “Nothing looks more like artificial jewelry than a very beautiful gem.” Gift list: 5 chic books about fashion and style 2013-12-18T22:30:32Z But more routine performances of this now ever-popular piece, inspired by a poem by Stéphane Mallarmé, reduce the music to mere prettiness. Case Scaglione Leads the Philharmonic and Joshua Bell 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z So the base of the collection was “prettiness,” not such an easy path now that fashion has moved on from girlish froth to austere minimalism. Special Report: Fashion: Life on the Ocean Wave 2010-10-01T18:50:00Z His skill is in incorporating those couture shapes in an offhand way, and steering clear of English-garden prettiness. Fashion Review: In London Fashion, the Olympic Glow Continues 2012-09-19T19:37:35Z Perhaps it's the movie's sheer prettiness, with its rainbow of greens and blues in the Highlands hills and lakes, or the way Merida's bouncing mane becomes practically a character in itself. 'Brave': Pixar's latest is lovable and endearing 2012-06-20T22:25:06Z Which means that, lacking an electric current to invisibly connect its characters, this “Picnic” remains little more than a billboard for prettiness. Theater Review: ‘Picnic’ at American Airlines Theater 2013-01-14T03:19:35Z And this was a show to savor for its outward prettiness and to ponder for its interior vision. Special Report: Christopher Kane's Flora 2010-02-22T18:42:00Z Even if this is a false impression, a broken nose takes away the potential stigma of prettiness from a male face. Non-stop action: why Hollywood’s ageing heroes won’t give up 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Sunday brings both a sudden storm and Watford sisters the Staves – the prettiness of their voices calls for darker, deeper accompaniments. Cambridge folk festival 2012-07-31T17:33:57Z But every note in Mr. Sondheim’s score feeds a larger, sustained air of menace and obsession, of ugliness and dissonance lurking beneath surface prettiness and harmony. Two Sides of Sondheim in the Berkshires 2010-07-06T21:36:00Z The best Degas exhibitions take you past the prettiness and straight to the heart of weirdness that makes his work, despite overexposure, always worth further effort. Review: ‘Degas’ Little Dancer,’ at National Gallery He catches her “gleaming black eyes” and her “wheezily pealing laughter” and her “elfin prettiness” and her gap-tooth grin. Books of The Times: Tales of Lives Extinguished All Too Soon 2011-04-12T23:52:00Z The prettiness was a visual effect, but it manifested in the very sound of his voice—taunting, naughty, theatrically British—and in the lush enveloping melodies of Blur songs. That Time My Band Opened for Blur 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z “I haven’t been interested in prettiness for a long time, and the world doesn’t look saccharine and innocent to me anymore,” Chung, who launched her eponymous brand in 2017, said in a statement. Alexa Chung imagines 'off the grid' escapism for second London show 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z There is no preening prettiness here as the dancers, dressed nonchalantly in green and black practice wear, fling their legs to the sky with a hard, dominating glare at the audience. The Washington Ballet, perfectly balanced in Forsythe’s ‘In the Middle’ 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z It is not without prettiness and skill, but, circling through iteration after iteration, it lingers rather too long. Music Review: ‘Hesperus Is Phosphorus,’ Lewis Spratlan’s New Work 2012-06-06T21:28:15Z The prettiness may seem surprising given the violence of the subject matter, but this is tempered by a growing sense of unease, and it grows in power with repeated listens. Laurel Halo: Quarantine – review 2012-05-31T20:49:01Z “Grace Action” uses 12 performers; I find it a dance of pretty surface rather than of human depth — but the prettiness is exceptional. Review: For Pennsylvania Ballet, Transitions Onstage and Off 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z It was hardly a groundbreaking collection, but its easy, flirty prettiness was appealing. Lanvin gets world-weary fashion crowd worked up 2010-10-01T21:00:00Z And he styles up his feline prettiness to being within a whisker of a Givenchy show. Fashion Review: Alexander Wang, Rag & Bone, Prabal Gurung, Altuzarra 2012-02-13T00:37:02Z Forceful femininity was Alberta Ferretti’s new fashion code, as she moved from a floaty prettiness to embrace the outwear that dominated the show. Special Report: Ferr?: Clean and Clear 2010-02-26T19:01:00Z Despite her china-doll prettiness, she has a deep voice and a somber mien that suits Sue’s brusqueness. ‘Phoenix,’ Starring Julia Stiles, at the Cherry Lane Theater 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Ms. Soper performed the second selection, as an allegory of Reason, in which a neo-Classical piano part adds arch prettiness to a text that cleverly spins variations and puns on the same key words. Review: Conjuring the Splintered Self With Electronics and Voice 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z "His boyish prettiness serves the role well, and his early classical training is evident in the ease and conviction he brings to the language," wrote David Rooney in . Orlando Bloom makes Broadway debut 2013-09-20T11:36:57Z Yet something gets lost in the translation to harmony: whether the sisters' gossamer voices are woven together or flutter alone, what you hear is a bloodless, polite prettiness. The Staves: Dead & Born & Grown – review 2012-11-15T21:45:01Z Her fans love her for her willingness to draw them into her intimacy, her prettiness and pluckiness. 'I love fame': how Caroline Calloway survived being cancelled 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z But Something More Beautiful gains from the transformation as it careers from disarming prettiness to raw power, and 1999's Blood Red River remains tearfully haunting. Beth Orton – review 2012-11-28T14:38:14Z I suppose out of habit I contrived for us to go on an occasional shopping trip, and, perhaps because of Hortense’s wonderful prettiness, I was drawn to stores that were a bit more upscale. “This Is Pleasure” 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z The earliest, Spessivtseva, is the one who would still seem the most radical if seen onstage today; she’s the least concerned with prettiness. Dance on Video From Many Corners of the Web 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z The effect was slightly forced, as if the designer was just wishing to stiffen up the heritage of prettiness at Nina Ricci. Fashion Review: A Graphic View of the '80s 2012-09-28T17:28:20Z "The pictures are pretty, the music is pretty, the existential voice-overs are pretty: but after almost two hours of wistful, message-larded prettiness, Malick's latest visual symphonic poem has us squirming in our seats," Marshall wrote. Malick confounds Venice critics 2012-09-03T09:25:58Z The haze began a few years ago as a response to a newfound embrace of classic, crisp melodies; a thick spread on top counteracted the rediscovered prettiness. Critic's Notebook: Going Into the Haze in Their Debut Albums 2011-07-12T22:59:41Z But the show needed less fabric drowning the body and more of the fluttering prettiness that the label once stood for. Fashion Review: At Givenchy, Sweet Tranquility 2012-10-01T18:52:38Z “No, I hated all that. They took us into the audition with little number plates in front of us – cattling us into a prison of prettiness,” she says of her very first modelling job. Rebecca Ferguson on Mission: Impossible – ‘Tom says he makes the films for the audience. I don’t’ 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z A relative newcomer, Schilling has some of the wholesome pixie prettiness of Mary Stuart Masterson, but with a strong sultry side. The Lucky One: Zac Efron Grows Up 2012-04-19T15:46:30Z His 1920s-inspired collection — “The Great Gatsby” without the decadence and ennui — lit up the last morning of New York shows with a pastel prettiness. Special Report: Fashion: Reviews Spring/Summer 2012: Ralph Lauren, Proenza Schouler 2011-09-15T16:56:47Z Its wispy prettiness is more suited to the climate of the sisters’ native California than challenging New York. 2010-02-17T12:00:00Z But it surely needs a more certain signature than prettiness. Special Report: Fashion: Elegant Androgyny 2010-09-29T17:46:00Z In his early days, Mr. Chang served the kind of food chefs like to eat: intense, animalistic, O.K. with messiness, indifferent to prettiness. At Momofuku Nishi, David Chang’s Magic Shows a Little Wear 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z She toughened up from her signature delicate prettiness. Fashion Review: At Gucci, Frida Giannini Goes from Sexy to Sensual 2012-02-22T18:11:18Z But for all the sonic riches and episodic prettiness of the music, the selections never quite connected in a way that was emotionally captivating. Review: Christine Brewer in ‘Prayer,’ at Alice Tully Hall 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Looking back at the greater Beach House songbook, one complaint is that it’s just a perpetual gust of low-stakes prettiness. Review \| The Beach House concert that time forgot 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z At their center, this so-called Mozart of chess — he became the world champion in 2013 at age 22 — is reduced to flying fingers and a face of boy-band prettiness. Review: ‘Magnus’ Delves Into the Life of a ‘Mozart of Chess’ 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z I like to cut the carrot on a slight bias for prettiness. A primer on cooking with cactus 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z For sure, there’s quite a bit of prettiness here. Review: ‘Goyo: The Boy General’ Examines a Philippine Hero 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z In Guest’s films, a common joke is their physical disparity – O’Hara’s blond prettiness against Levy’s Jewish awkwardness. Catherine O'Hara on the joy of Schitt's Creek: 'Eugene Levy is the sweetest man!' 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z One longed for more lilt, more prettiness and a lighter touch. From promising U.K. singer Matthew Rose, inconsistent recital at Kennedy Center So maybe my mother was right; I rejected the path of “prettiness” and focused on developing my smarts instead. “When a woman is smarter than a man”: My mother’s lessons in beauty and independence 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z The ancestral door at the backdrop opened on a world of Mozart prettiness, where the Dior dresses, as short as their ruffles were sweet, were smothered in pale rose prints. Special Report: Liberty vs. Libertine 2010-03-05T19:16:00Z “Play” here designates by turns novelty, delight, sport, games, prettiness, music of any kind, gambling, magic shows, spectacles, illusions and fashion. Steven Johnson on How Play Shaped the World 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Fiercely competitive, he amplified ugliness to counter the prettiness of his professorial arch-frenemy Henri Matisse. Review \| How Picasso’s she-devils changed art forever 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z There were self-contained arias here, including one that ended neatly enough to garner applause — a rarity in Prototype-style contemporary opera — as well as moments of disarming pastoral prettiness. A Dance Steals the Show at an Opera Festival 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z “I wanted to pull an audience in with an almost pastel, postcard prettiness, so that everyone and everything looks delicious, but with something dark and dangerous underneath.” ‘Recipes for Love and Murder’ That Are to Die For 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Scott, put it this way in his “First Reformed” review: “His brow is bisected by a deep furrow, and his former prettiness has weathered into something much more interesting.” Ethan Hawke Is Still Taking Ethan Hawke Extremely Seriously 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Allen, who was divorced twice and has four children, loved her “casual prettiness, “trippy dreads,” “kissable lips” and willingness to tell him everything, absolutely everything, about herself. The Writer Anne Lamott Gets to the Happily-Ever-After Part 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z I didn’t understand how anybody could be so brazen and cavalier about her own prettiness, a characteristic I’d by then internalized as crucial. The Feminist Trailblazing of Sinéad O’Connor 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z In those youthful days, he seemed dismissive of the prettiness that, to him, exemplified the Impressionists. In Norway, Seeking Munch’s Brighter Palette 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Alexander Dodge’s sets, fleshed out by photographic projections by Aaron Rhyne, have a pop-up book prettiness, though they often seem stranded between two and three dimensions. Review: ‘Anastasia,’ a Russian Princess With an Identity Crisis 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z For all her extraterrestrial prettiness and spooky, precocious gifts, she’s still a teenager — in some sense not fully cooked yet, if she’ll ever get to be. One Apartment Building, Many Lives 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z While the cinematic approaches are different, there is a common thread: Using the body as a force that steers clear of prettiness in favor of something more primal, raw and even ferocious. When Extremes Attract: Dance and Horror’s New Pas de Deux 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, it works best when the pace or intensity drops slightly – Applesauce's bug-eyed prettiness; the woozy, percussive Pulleys; or the skittering rhythms and bending synths of the more downbeat New Town Burnout. Animal Collective: Centipede HZ – review 2012-08-23T14:31:01Z Some women have embraced the straightforward prettiness of the trend, adding a wicker basket and clog sandals; others have paired them with Dr. Martens or Air Force Ones and a knowing scowl. Pioneer Women Are Roaming the City 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The other comes down to a question of prettiness. Wendell Pierce Fulfills His American Dream: Playing Willy Loman 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Titus Kaphar uses thick fields of black tar to encroach on the morally obtuse prettiness of Impressionism, forcing viewers to confront the cost of European wealth and luxury — in large measure derived from global exploitation. Review \| African American artists embraced modernism. But the art world didn’t embrace them. 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z But the new season had a good balance of both streamlined menswear-inspired designs and of sheer prettiness. Dark Opulence and Red Carpet 2014-03-03T20:19:27Z Mr. Copping cited as his inspiration the watery prettiness of Christian Bérard’s drawings and stage sets in the 1940s, in the days when the decorative artist collaborated with the house of Ricci. Special Report: Fashion: Life on the Ocean Wave 2010-10-01T18:50:00Z In the clip of the Act I variation above, it's clear that Novikova, with her dark, delicate prettiness, looks the more classic Giselle. The Mikhailovsky Ballet and a tale of two Giselles 2013-03-25T15:15:16Z It mixed the transparency of ethereal gauze with crisp piqué jacket or it married a romantic prettiness with tougher sport influences from parachute drawstrings, through shorts, to perforated corsets. Special Report: Fashion: Rodarte, Oscar de la Renta and Narciso Rodriguez continue refreshing the dress 2011-09-14T16:32:57Z Nor did the delicate lace, its prettiness subverted by skull patterns, which created a dark romance in Mr. Tisci’s July haute couture collection. Special Report: Fashion: Taking the Long View 2010-10-04T18:40:00Z Just a cameo at the throat was the main embellishment, although there was the usual complement of frills, bows and feminine prettiness. Special Report: Fashion: Tears and Applause 2011-03-04T16:41:41Z Rather than celebrate nature’s prettiness, Rajkovich extols its genius for producing distinctive forms. Review \| In the galleries: Natural order, and natural disorder, at VisArts at Rockville 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Whatever thoughtful instincts Mr. Castellitto might possess are undermined by his addiction to cinematic prettiness. Movie Review: ‘Twice Born’ Stars Penélope Cruz and Emile Hirsch 2013-12-05T22:27:14Z She is not made in the ballerina mold of the past, all delicate curves and hyper-feminine prettiness. Wendy Whelan Says Farewell to City Ballet 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Richness reigned on Erdem Moralioglu’s runway, too, which married the sumptuousness of Ottoman dress, its rich fabrics and gilded details, with a daintier, English prettiness. In London, Fantasy Meets Obsession 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z The downside, however, is that too much material falls back on formulaic classroom steps, and the cumulative effect is of one-dimensional prettiness. Birmingham Royal Ballet: Aladdin – review 2013-02-18T11:49:51Z Whether the prettiness outweighs the silliness will involve a personal calculus. Review: In ‘Only Gold,’ Each Move Is Worth 1,000 Words 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z A series of pas de deux dominates, but they are unpredictably structured, seamlessly interwoven with the flocking patterns of the corps de ballet, and punctuated by slightly ungainly, angled lifts that relieve the prettiness. Dance Review: San Francisco Ballet Finishes Its London Season 2012-09-25T22:04:19Z Fujita’s playing, gossamer without sacrificing the sturdy consonance of Mozart’s style, has a prettiness all its own. Review: A Young Pianist Finds His Way to Carnegie Hall 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z "If we don't get out there and frolic in all that Christmassy prettiness then we're not taking our duty as citizens seriously." Now we await the floodwaters, this time with a peppering of pipes and carrots 2013-01-27T00:04:04Z For the prettiness of a short-and-sweet A-line lace dress, the delicacy of a filmy white shirt, or bright “Valentino” red for lace, evening dresses were absolutely in the spirit of the Roman couturier. Fashion Review: Karl Lagerfeld Sends Out a Pearl of a Chanel Show 2011-10-04T17:38:09Z It’s flowers, with their extravagant prettiness and fragrances that linger in our minds and hearts. Flower power: Huge blooms will amaze and attract 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z While Ms. Griffith often wrote political and confessional material, her best-loved songs were closely observed tales of small-town life, sometimes with painful details in the lyrics, but typically sung with a deceptive prettiness. Nanci Griffith, Singer Who Blended Folk and Country, Dies at 68 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z But for all of its prettiness, the performance as a whole lacked an essential sensuality, the languid daydreams of the fantasizing faun sounding more G-rated than erotic. Case Scaglione Leads the Philharmonic and Joshua Bell 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Except that, under all that surface prettiness, it was terrible. A rom-com box-office surprise 2011-05-10T16:20:13Z The dusty pink plaster runway at the Prabal Gurung show suggested an edgy prettiness and with “Addicted to Love” throbbing on the soundtrack, the designer went for a full-on couture romanticism. Special Report: Fashion: Addicted to Love 2011-02-13T17:19:03Z But when those two women weren’t front and center, “Realm Variations” drifted into slack prettiness. Music Review: American Mavericks, with San Francisco Symphony, at Zankel 2012-04-01T18:48:27Z “We want the prettiness of the house with an effortless attitude,” Mr. Piccioli said. On the Runway: Valentino: A White Resort 2011-06-21T23:07:15Z However, the ensemble made the most of this piece's sheer prettiness, guided by an enthusiastic MÃ¤rkl, who directed the piece without notes. Review: A shimmering night of German romantic classics at the symphony 2010-05-14T16:54:00Z 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. 30 books we can't wait to read this fall 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z The flowers come out before the leaves, so you get a big jolt of pure prettiness. 8 L.A. trees to love that aren't jacarandas 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z We know the novel’s prettiness will always be there to belay this heroine to a gentle landing. Review \| In Allegra Goodman’s ‘Sam,’ a young rock climber struggles to grow up 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Subjective social mores alone lead to "thinness" and "prettiness" being viewed as inextricably linked — and if that status quo ever changes, shifting social standards will be what changes it. Thin bodies weren't always attractive: A brief history of culturally relative beauty standards 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z Widely mocked, it’s a lunatic “Triumph of the Will” without the formal skills of Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl — pollution without the prettiness, Triumph of the Rubes and Grifters. Review: A small but strong display of ancient agitprop from Persia comes to the Getty Villa 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Acknowledging its prettiness and production values, and some excellent performances, I found it better than unbearable but something less than beautiful. Julianne Moore leaves nothing on the table in 'Lisey's Story.' It's not enough 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z In “Los Angeles,” Alice works the floor at an American Apparel-like store where she is daily reminded to put her prettiness to work, to leverage the idea that she is what customers are really buying. Emma Cline was a literary darling, then a target. With 'Daddy,' she takes aim 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z The elephant is handsome, seen in a certain light, but we’re talking about prettiness here, so focus on the lilies and try to block out the image of the elephant. A Biblical Rough Draft 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z High fashion has long been fascinated by clothes that turn traditional ideas of prettiness on their head. Frills, feathers and puffed sleeves: why Cinderella's 'ugly sisters' are on trend 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Michelle knew that at least some of her success was about her prettiness and her willingness to gather her salespeople and take them out for drinks with male executives near headquarters. The Company That Sells Love to America Had a Dark Secret 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Fragments of prettiness would reenter the scene, skewed and nonsensical, Band-Aids of grace just soft enough to hurt when ripped away. How Tori Amos's Boys for Pele rewrote pop by daring to be ugly 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Both Toro Bravo and Landa take a best-of-both-worlds approach, blending the soup a bunch but reserving some of the ingredients, finely diced, to add back for texture and prettiness when serving. How I got my mind changed about gazpacho 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z The child smiled at the new self in the mirror, this bright face with its velvety scalp, the last prettiness gone. “Under the Wave” 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Reduce it to imbecility in the name of prettiness? Things that matter, in the words of Charles Krauthammer He was not afraid of ugliness; in fact he was much more afraid of prettiness. Where Did Picasso’s Genius Come From? 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z Her words share this lack of obfuscatory prettiness, a deadpan, terse narrative voice complementing her sharp illustrative style. Fresh voices: 50 writers you should read now 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Salisbury steak is such an instance: a good idea and a good name, though its reputation as a TV dinner has stained the prettiness somewhat. Saving the Salisbury Steak From TV-Dinner Obscurity 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Its prettiness usefully reminds the viewer that there is more to Flint than crime. 'Flint Town' examines the trials and tribulations, but also the beauty, of the Michigan city 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z They're also qualities that regularly turn up in Radiohead's dark and squirmy music, which can often seem suspicious of beauty, as though prettiness were a government plot meant to lull hapless listeners into submission. Jonny Greenwood on the romance and sincerity of his score for 'Phantom Thread' 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Eye-popping prettiness was enough for many attendees, however. Seattle’s Moore Theatre hosts U.S. premiere of Mark Morris’ ‘Sgt. Pepper at 50: Pepperland’ 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Watch HBO’s “Big Little Lies” if you want to see what Witherspoon’s truly capable of; watch this film for some turn-off-your-brain prettiness. ‘Home Again’ review: Pretty fairy tale with Reese Witherspoon lacks real magic 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z There were flowers everywhere, used in ways that went beyond prettiness. Haute couture fashion week gets pastels, petals and pinkness 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z For Brodsky, beautiful art isn’t necessarily about prettiness—it’s frequently about much deeper things. The Art of Science 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z He takes full advantage of that barely-contained vocal energy in the track, channeling it into lyrics that verge on the poetic — while still giving the prettiness of his subdued melody space to breathe. 5 Songs You Need to Listen to This Week 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z She was delighted by its prettiness, how much everyone who lived there seemed to like it and how it felt both idyllic and down-to-earth, a place of not only stately houses but long-term renters. 350 Square Feet, Two Kids, Two Cats and a Rabbit 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The prettiness of Down in Splendour was the jewel in a crown of thorns: the Fits’ spikier side was dominated by their brooding leader Shayne Carter. Flying Nun Records: 10 of the best songs of the Dunedin sound 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Planting with Halloween atmospherics in mind helps us get over the garden’s prettiness. These frightful plants can help you create a creepy Halloween garden 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Great audio is hard to sell because it doesn't lend itself to benchmarking or obvious prettiness like, say, a better graphics card might. The easiest way to revolutionize your computer’s audio 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Lifesize and made of wax, her prettiness is self-evident, and in case you missed it, adorned with a string of pearls. Cadavers in pearls: meet the Anatomical Venus 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z "It’s not like it moves you way up on the scale of prettiness," one woman told Quartz. In the future, all of our selfies will be perfect 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Reynolds eschews the prettiness that has ruined Bible movies past and present. A ‘Faith-Based Film’ Rises Above the Usual 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z There is a primness, a cuteness, to the place, a simple if noxious prettiness. A Brisk Swim Across Martha’s Vineyard 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The demand for dolls that defy prettiness and realistically depict girls’ lives is reaching a new boiling point. The Dolls Beyond Barbie 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Each series stars an actor not much over 50 whose youthful pinup prettiness hasn't reached its half-life — indeed has been remarkably slow to decay, supporting and underscoring their characters' substantial but not unwavering self-regard. New Fox sitcoms 'The Grinder' and 'Grandfathered' are done well 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Most places in Italy encourage you to celebrate the prettiness that wealth bestows: exquisite iron grillwork, festive marble fountains. A Cave with a View 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z I like some of the prettiness of it. Q&A: André 3000 Talks Jimi Hendrix Biopic, Hints at Solo Album His dresses are all about ruffles, prettiness and femininity – a timeless red-carpet celebrity staple beloved by the glossy Park Avenue set. Six things we know about Amal Alamuddin's wedding dress 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z That translated into “the idea of a sinister and undone prettiness and romance, ill-fated and doomed.” At New York Fashion Week: Finding beautiful balance between Nicki Minaj and incremental change With #Unapologetic, Mattel hopes to turn Barbie into a feminist doll, one that values a career over clothes, personality over prettiness. Barbie Leans In Just a Little Bit 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z But down deep, they still think it’s the men who do the important work and women who decorate the workplace with their prettiness. Insulting Kirsten Gillibrand's Body Isn't OK in Congress or the Workplace 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z This is not a passive appreciation of prettiness but an imposition on your senses that absolutely commands your attention, which energizes the fibers of your body but calms your soul. Caledonia Dreaming 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z It is an oasis of colour and prettiness in an otherwise drab part of Glasgow's Maryhill district. Remembering the nine Stockline dead 2014-05-10T23:46:42Z Now 26 and living in Seattle, Knox is losing her gamine prettiness. Amanda Knox, what really happened: Writing toward the actual story 2014-02-09T12:00:00Z Others said highs brought feelings of prettiness, strength and productiveness. Rate of Painkiller Overdose Deaths Rises Among Women 2013-07-02T16:00:44Z "The greenest of fields does not feed you, the prettiness of cottages around you does not put food on your table." Poverty in the English countryside 2013-06-18T23:44:42Z Young women's role in Japanese society is being knocked back by the fashion for coquettishness and cartoon-style prettiness, complete with singsong voices and contrived ways of walking. The lessons I learned from my week with Japan's power-brokers 2013-02-10T00:07:01Z Characteristically, he preferred the dark psychology of Italian defending to the "facile" prettiness of Brazilian or Dutch attacking. Zlatan Ibrahimovic's Byronic bicycle kick 2012-11-16T21:45:01Z In any event, soon after the ship touched at Providence, a Rhode Island tradesman's wife was so attracted by the prettiness of the solitary girl baby as to adopt her. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z He was all life, all prettiness, far from morose, sullen, or childish in anything he said or did. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z She was pretty—with a vague unawakened prettiness. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z Thus when Christmas day came there sat on the hearth, propped up against the back of Stephen Hopkins's big volume of Shakespeare, a doll with a painted face that had real claim to prettiness. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z Who they really are, beyond prettiness, niceness, and cuteness. The War On Women Begins With Girls 2012-03-19T10:45:22Z The officers gradually edged in between the seats, and every woman with the least pretension to prettiness was engaged in anything but her prayers for the soul of the late Archduchess. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z These and like illuminations, far exceeding his age and experience, considering the prettiness of his address and behavior cannot but leave impressions in me at the memory of him. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z For a time Kipps' mind was occupied by the prettiness of her thinking face. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z To turn to favour and prettiness a dusty department of literature is no mean feat. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z He is really interested in his subject whatever it is; and he believes in its power of interesting other men, too much to think it worth while to trick it out with extraneous prettinesses. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z It set us thinking again of a tricycle on which we could travel at stimulating speed over country monotonous in its prosperous prettiness. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z Her face was certainly pretty, but it was not of a very high type of prettiness. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z Might we not say, that Thought and affliction, passion, death itself, They turn to favour and to prettiness? Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z And Bonne could not help her, for the child, though perfectly formed, and of a soft prettiness, was cast in a smaller mould. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z None knew better than he that the insipidity of doll-like prettiness may grow exasperating. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z ‘You will find Moose Jaw a very pretty place,’ said a gentleman to me as I left Winnipeg; and certainly it is a pretty place, though not exactly according to an Englishman’s idea of prettiness. Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences 2012-02-14T03:00:28.520Z Yet the counsels of perfection would tell the artist to eschew such prettiness and multiplied beauties as trench upon broad dignity. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z Her sweet voice and her remarkable prettiness stormed the meeting. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z He missed likewise, though unconsciously, the prettiness of the bright little gowns she had always worn; she was dressed now in black, without color or ornament. For the Major A Novelette 2012-02-10T03:00:17.550Z You wouldn't want Wolf to go there and be beaten by a lot of dogs that haven't half his brains or prettiness! Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z The peace and prettiness of the whole land, here, however, has been good to me, and I stay on with unabated relish. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z “But there’s a lot of prettiness on the inside that people miss.” Joy Reidenberg, Anatomist, Builds a Following on ?Inside Nature?s Giants? 2012-02-06T22:58:45Z She liked his shrewd and humorous wisdom; her directness and simplicity charmed him no less than the extreme prettiness of her face. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z The child's face was a curious mixture of her delicate rose-tinted prettiness and the bold outlines of his father. For the Major A Novelette 2012-02-10T03:00:17.550Z The crackling fire danced over its gilt-and-white prettiness, the heavy, ivory curtains, which folded behind her, shut out all the world. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z His face had none of the prettiness of his mother's, though all the shrewdness: in knowledge of the gutter he looked fifty. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z She was a wise little ten-year-old who possessed some of Ruth’s dignity and some of Agnes’ prettiness, and the most tender heart in the world, which made her naturally tactful. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z O'Hara leaned back in his chair, and at the sight of her fresh prettiness his brow cleared and he smiled. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z I knew that I could look the same for years longer; I have that kind of diminutive prettiness which, with attention, does not change; and I should give the greatest attention. For the Major A Novelette 2012-02-10T03:00:17.550Z The beauty and peace of the scenery, his manner, the prettiness of his child--even the story which he had to tell. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z Cecelia, I may remark, lived for her prettiness; she lived by it. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z She took off her new prettinesses and packed them away in a box in the lower drawer. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z The girl's face was thinner and more thoughtful, and yet far more attractive even than before; the soft, petulant prettiness of the child giving place to the real beauty of the woman. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z Marriage had added to her beauty by giving an additional fulness and womanliness to her figure, and changing her springtide prettiness into a more developed loveliness. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z He was considering no longer the prettiness of the woman, the changing lights upon her face. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z But with most people the questions were: Where had Lady Bligh discovered such a fresh and taking type of prettiness? A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z Mary Anne Clarke, our second type of ascendant degeneracy, was, if Buck's drawing of her is truthful, a woman of seductive prettiness, but she could not teach Cruikshank her charm in atonement for her venality. George Cruikshank 2011-12-18T03:00:20.137Z She was appraising him, for the hundreth time, and he, for the hundreth time, was thinking how pretty she was, and wondering how long the prettiness would last after marriage. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z The baby inherited neither the stately beauty of his father nor the vivacious prettiness of his mother, though he was rather like his grandfather, Henry IV, whom Henrietta so greatly resembled. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z But there was something more than mere prettiness about her; she looked useful. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z It was the prettiness of youth so often seen where the blood of the east and the west is mixed. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z What you take for mere prettiness is really soul. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z By G——, child, you madden me with your prettiness. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Richard Hughes, she now understood very well, had known her very little, and had loved only her prettiness and light girlishness, charms which were different from anything in his own life. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z He missed her, missed her bright presence about the house, her youthful prettiness, her coming and going in her independent search for pleasure outside his home. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z Facial expression such as this in modern work seems entirely confined to children's books and caricature, but one would sacrifice a good deal of our modern prettiness for a few more touches of it. English Book-Illustration of To-day Appreciations of the Work of Living English Illustrators With Lists of Their Books 2011-11-30T03:00:10.703Z The latter were often so full of grace and prettiness that their loud talk, shrill laughter, and faulty grammar could not wholly rid them of charm. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Her fair face reveals a shallow prettiness, but the wrinkles of age are beginning to leave telltale lines upon its smoothness. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z They have a sort of prettiness when they are quite new; but look at her married sisters. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z The Earl's translation is devoid alike of pretension and of prettiness. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z But he put, if he heard, her prettiness aside. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z Mrs. Van Horn looked downward; she appeared to be examining one or two of her rings; they were not numerous, though each of them had an odd individuality of prettiness. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Lord Harlow was not the only man on whom Helena exercised the perfectly legitimate attraction of her extreme prettiness and her enthusiastic child-like enjoyment. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z But between prettiness and beauty there is nevertheless a great gulf fixed. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z Gluck had no opportunities in this work for any higher qualities, musical or dramatic, than prettiness; and with him beauty, without visible emotion, was indeed skin-deep. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z And behind that little conversation in the bus about "Flo's" claims to prettiness was a very practical, though unformed, consideration of her prospects in life. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z "Very well, Mr. Statue," she thought, compressing those irregular lips whose degree of prettiness he estimated so nicely. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z The love which he had for Helena was a carnal love, that sprang from desire for her enchanting prettiness; that love he was to cling to, not sacrifice an iota of it. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z It was an unkempt picture of no great prettiness, and no thought of prettiness, but it gave a curious impression of eager life; a kind of dauntlessness and good faith that hit upon the heart. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Just these merits of quick growth, prettiness, and tenacity of life, belong to the Carolina Poplar, a variety of native cottonwood that lines the streets of the typical suburban tract opened near any American city. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z She liked "Flo," thought her "a nice kid," but mere personal affection could not be permitted to compromise the stern truth about a sacred subject like "prettiness." Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z If the Captain did not think her face pretty, it must be remembered that the Captain had standards of prettiness of his own. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z Mere prettinesses are surely not to be expected in a poem so sublime and stately. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Her own lost most of its prettiness under the glare. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z There was something simple and robust in her beauty; it had the quietness of an old Greek statue, without the vulgarity of the modern simper or of contemporary prettiness. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z They had been taught—heaven help them!—to admire those vacant prettinesses of Leader and they were so docile that they admired anything they believed to be his even when it wasn't his. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z He very seldom declined into the prettiness of Canova, and if he did not often approach the masculine strength which redeems the faults of Thorwaldsen, he more than once surpassed him even in that quality. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z And she sat there, happy to be with Constance, with her gentle smile on her round, fair, motherly little face, pleasant and comfortable with her matronly little figure, now too plump for prettiness. The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z I can tell him 'Christina is my youth and my prettiness and my true faith and all that you once knew.' "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z I’ve seen no great beauties, but the level of prettiness is high, and occasionally one sees a woman completely handsome. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z He was a little surprised, nevertheless, for she did not look bookish—nor even intellectual enough to mar her prettiness. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z Marise was silent, meditating profoundly on the prettiness of the world in which we are called upon to live. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z But Mr. Dalken admired her prettiness when she was a young miss, and when he was but a slip of a youth. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z If I was to say a word to my son that I thought that, there wouldn't be no prettiness left to you. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z The level of prettiness is high, but the level of conversation is low; that’s one of the signs of its being a young ladies’ country. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z So be sure bid all the good people come; for the lady is a person of great honour, as well as prettiness; and there's money enough for every one of you,—and more, too.' The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z The very prettiest girl of Central High had been chosen for the chief female character, and in this case prettiness went with brains. The Girls of Central High on the Stage The Play That Took The Prize 2011-09-05T02:00:21.083Z You must watch over the poor bereaved one,' he said kindly; 'she looks a truly refined, gentle being, as well as full of French prettiness and grace. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z Men admired her for her sparkling prettiness, and women took to her readily: she was easy to get on with, and she gave pleasant parties. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z Mrs. Headway, with all her prettiness, exceeded these licences. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Her hair was gray, but her figure was slight and upright as a girl's, and many girls in the County must have envied her dainty prettiness, and the charm of her lazy, musical voice. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z His glance rested on Miss Bolton’s well groomed prettiness with a kind of tired relief, and the sordidness of his own surroundings became more apparent. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z The water slid down in silver prettiness, splashed upon the face in diamond drops; and Pedro drowned. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z Lois watched her enjoyment, half preoccupied, yet smilingly, pleased with the girl’s prettiness and success. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z But she was very quick and intelligent, and Miss Vivian had perforce to accept her impudent prettiness and complete independence. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z When once a child's eye is focussed for the prettiness of things the dawn of æsthetic perception is pretty sure to bring with it a more serious effort to reproduce their look. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z Hers was not the robust, if petite, prettiness of Nell Blossom. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z As in the Miss Ramus, candour and nobility have here taken the place of the Romney prettiness. Romney 2011-08-02T02:00:24.233Z His panegyrists ignored or never saw his weakness, the theatrical posing of his figures, the ever-recurring sacrifice of reason to sentiment, of strength to prettiness. Murillo 2011-08-02T02:00:19.967Z There's almost a direct correlation with actress Emma Watson's growing prettiness through the course of the films and Hermione's decreased bookishness and pragmatism. How Harry Potter's Hermione suffered a very Hollywood fate 2011-07-30T14:00:01Z What has prettiness to do with it, you child? Helena's Path 2011-07-29T02:00:22.607Z What then is the ‘respect’ in question here,—the something or other in regard to which sublimity and grandeur seemed to be allied with one another, and to differ decidedly from grace and prettiness? Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z I watched Mary lose her baby prettiness and her front teeth. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z “At this moment I am trying to imagine that I am in the same world as that hateful suburb, with its prim villas and stucco gentility—its dull, flat, mediocre pretensions to ‘prettiness.’ Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z She had never had her sister's beauty or attraction, and even her prettiness was fading. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z Aglow and eager, she murmured something vapid about the prettiness of the sky. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Grandeur, too, seems always to possess greatness, though not in this superlative degree; while ‘beauty’ neither invariably possesses it nor tends, like prettiness and grace, to exclude it. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Not that she showed ill effects more than in a feverish look that really enhanced her blonde prettiness. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z With all her engaging prettiness and tasteful attire there was this one thing painfully, obviously lacking. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z He looked at the couple, seeing deeper—the man vigorous and young, the woman whose prettiness had led him to vow eternal constancy, now lost in drudgery and unequal burden. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z She rested her head against the back of the chair and regarded him through half-lowered lashes, conscious that the lamplight was doing full justice to her prettiness. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Of beauty, thus understood, sublimity is one particular kind among a number of others, for instance prettiness. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z There are girls who keep all their prettinesses for the outside world, and are anything but attractive within the home. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z One of these was a young lady, with fair fluffy hair and very fashionable dress, of a peculiarly fresh and delicate prettiness, and a manner that every one called very "taking." Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z There is no intrinsic prettiness in the common earth or the common water-vessel, in the sole of a worn shoe, or in a workaday gown. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z It was not that she wouldn't have welcomed sympathetic interest, but a glance in the mirror showed her she had wept too unrestrainedly not to have depreciated the chiefest asset of her charm—her prettiness. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z The beauty we have in view here is evidently not the same as beauty in the wider sense; it is only, like sublimity or prettiness, a particular kind or mode of that beauty. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z However, when he now agreed with her last statement; she was not sure whether his agreement emphasized the fact of Mollie’s superior prettiness, or that Polly was an unforgettable character. The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z His discerning eye fell on the plaintive prettiness of Edna May. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z But presently his mind began to work, to compare the broad forehead, oval contours, fine-cut nostrils, delicate chiseling of her features, with the common prettiness of his wife. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z Lucy did not often enter it; but the picture of battered, faded prettiness it presented, taken in at a few glances, and heightened each time it was seen, was deeply stamped on her mind. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z Sublimity and prettiness are qualities separated by so great a distance that our sudden attempt to unite them has a comically incongruous effect. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z "I suppose," she said, "one ought to aim at a good appearance— according to one's means,—and the comfort of the family that are to live in the house,—and prettiness,—and pleasantness." A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z They did not discuss their trouble and they put on clean dresses without their usual pleasure in their freshness and prettiness. Ethel Morton at Chautauqua 2011-05-04T02:00:16.097Z They were passing under a dim lamp, which for a moment threw Evie's startling prettiness in lit relief against the night. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z She stood out prominently from the usual dead level of monotonous prettiness which is the rule in American ballrooms and gives piquant plainness so many advantages. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z Witha she is pretty; but it is only prettiness—a word inapplicable to her kinswoman, who is pronouncedly beautiful. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z "You see, I hope also," Mr. Southwode said gently, "that your conditions of comfort and prettiness and pleasantness are not excluded?" A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z Schoolmaster he says they are both deep in witchcraft, and young madam worse than the old mounseer, for all her prettiness and her smooth-spoken ways. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z Extreme prettiness is not such a common thing that one can afford to miss chances of beholding it. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z You are using your infernal prettiness to cheat me out of my inheritance. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Her ladyship had evidently been pretty in her youth; but though the remains of a fine woman may sometimes be viewed with a blending of admiration with our veneration, mere prettiness seldom grows old gracefully. Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-04-06T02:00:04.340Z Antoinette was grown up excessively pretty, and was dressed to set off her prettiness. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z My beauty is only prettiness; while yours—ah! cousin Marion, you are beautiful in my eyes—a woman! The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z To the ordinary eye the moon and stars have at least prettiness, perhaps grandeur. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z His face presented none of the smiling prettiness usual with children of his age. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z Lily, Dolly and Annie Lee were loud in their raptures over her plump, blooming prettiness, but Amelia looked on with a rather strained smile. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z But the tame prettiness of the valley was obliterated by the shifting wall of dust about the stage; and Thorpe closed his eyes, and resigned himself to misery. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z She was what might be termed a “dashing creature,”—a little devilish, it is true—but this, in the eyes of her male acquaintances, only rendered her prettiness more piquant. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z She dropped into the chair he set for her, and, pushing up her veil, revealed a countenance so bereft of the petulant prettiness he knew, that he started and stood gazing in open concern. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z Was it only prettiness, or was it something more, even in spite of the brown dress? The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Couch, curtains, and easy-chairs reproduced this Enchanted Garden effect, forming a paradisiacal background for her intensely modern and somewhat neurotic prettiness. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z The characters of the minor beauty or prettiness, with relation to ourselves, are smallness, subordination, and subjection. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z She was pretty, with the prettiness of twenty; round and soft, fair and smooth. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z Her red hair twisted in smooth shining coils crowned her as with a diadem, and Hilda's girlish prettiness paled before her graver splendour. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z All the babies' faces were sickly and dirty, with pathetic childish prettinesses asserting themselves against the neglect and the sallowness. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z Of all the prettinesses of the Indian costuming one sees now only a trace here and there in a few tribes, while in many the moccasin and tepee, and in some only the moccasin, remain. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z If, however, on the one side, it gives prettiness, on the other, it deprives of all imposing appearance. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Withal she is pretty; but it is only prettiness—a word inapplicable to her kinswoman, who is pronouncedly beautiful. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z She raised her eyebrows, and there was a quaint prettiness in the wilful twist of her lips. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z It was a strong, stern face, telling of a present of pain, and faintly hinting at a past of prettiness. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z A few yards farther down a girl with the remains of prettiness was playing the violin at the side of an elderly woman with the smile of professional supplication who held a small tin cup. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z A sweet face it was—a happy, innocent, child-like face—with nothing remarkable about it save its prettiness and goodness. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z I looked around to see Mrs. Tabor's face set and stern, every little prettiness of expression fled. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z It is true that they are pretty, but only with the prettiness of the play of rainbow colors that delights a childish or uncultured eye. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z In Violet she saw the soft, generous contours and opulent prettiness of which she had caught glimpses in the South. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z He likes the prettiness of Anne Page and cleverly notes the touch of scorn in her face. Tieck's Essay on the Boydell Shakspere Gallery 2011-01-14T03:00:49.540Z There were times when Frieda was afraid she might be losing her prettiness through worry, until her mirror reassured her. The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure 2011-01-13T03:01:17.050Z I wanted to be a Princess; I thought it the most romantic, wonderful fate possible for a plain American girl with nothing but some prettiness and her money to exchange for fairyland. The Ranch Girls at Home Again 2011-01-13T03:01:04.363Z The youthful prettiness of the girl, the soft roundness of her form, the maiden breast ... all these but accentuated the undeveloped soul. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z But my dearest prettiness," says I, "hungry as we are I do not exactly see how these cows can help us. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z But even my preoccupation did not quite blind me to the prettiness of the scene about me. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z But she also realized that prettiness often makes more appeal, especially to men, than a higher type of loveliness. The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure 2011-01-13T03:01:17.050Z To turn all the prettiness and potential into the hard currency of silverware. Premier League preview No1: Arsenal 2010-08-02T07:00:00Z The outer reaches of Hollywood are so crammed with desire, willingness and prettiness, it is a terrifying prospect. Lindsay Lohan: our part in her downfall 2010-07-12T14:24:00Z Besides, I am vastly proud of your conduct this morning, my prettiness. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z In fact, I wonder if they were not half asleep when they did design it, given its soporific prettiness. Central Park vs. Prospect Park 2010-07-11T00:48:00Z But other TV fans — those who like prettiness, say — sometimes find ourselves shuddering. The Medium: How HDTV Scrambles Beauty Standards 2010-06-25T16:48:00Z Her white quivering face had more significance to him than mere prettiness in this moment. Capricious Caroline Miss Buffkin had a roguish, voluptuous prettiness which fitted each man's ideal of feminine beauty. A Poached Peerage "Then go to sleep again, my prettiness," says I. "But what is this?" says she. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z As tenderly as he could he looked at her agitated prettiness. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode There was something deeper there than the mere prettiness of feature, something that was impressing itself in an absorbing, insistent way upon him. The Belovéd Traitor Like Camilla's own charming person, the room had been swept of innumerable little prettinesses, and it looked bare and almost shabby. Capricious Caroline She possessed that peculiar prettiness which is so often seen in England, and which is rarely seen anywhere else. Rachel Ray "My prettiness," says I, "we could not wish for a perfecter wedding morning." The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Sweet smiles, no mind, an amiable manner, no intellect, prettiness after the fashion of a Parisian doll, to be preferred to that noble, truthful, queenly girl! Love Works Wonders A Novel She was a small, well-made woman, to whom prettiness had come with her gray hair. Manslaughter But the tops of the ancient elms and oaks soared above them into the air, and the solemn splendor of a German forest far surpassed the Italian prettiness. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History She was a woman all over, and had about her so much of a woman's prettiness, that she had not altogether divested herself of it, even when her weepers had been of the broadest. Rachel Ray Here had my prettiness come and thrown herself on my protection—on the protection of a man utterly ruined, whom the law was already dogging for his liberty, if not his life. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z The room had lost all of its dainty personality and prettiness. Dolly's College Experiences Yet, to him Esther's plain face, with its pallor and serious sweetness, with its big mouth and splendidly modeled lips was more beautiful than all his sister Betty's vivid prettiness. The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas Her appearance was disagreeable to me at the first glance, though no one could have helped owning that her prettiness was more than the mere beauty of youth. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History This fact Flossie had noticed with keen inward delight, for her own smartness and prettiness naturally took on added luster when placed in contrast with poor Pinkie's poverty. A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life Much as I admire your solicitude, my prettiness," says I, "it is most highly inconvenient. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Wretched as I was I still saw the quaintness and prettiness of Putbus. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen And though there was nothing mysterious in her youthful, American prettiness, there is always a poignant and appealing quality in all beauty. The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas There are some little doll-like faces, it is true, whose chief charm lies in the fact that they always seem to be ashamed of their own prettiness. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. Unquestionably she was justified in pinning the highest hopes on Alma's eventual success in life—if sheer exquisite prettiness can be a safe guarantee for such. Nancy of Paradise Cottage My prettiness," says I, "it is under embarrassing conditions such as these that we should endeavour to sustain ourselves with a few tender, amorous passages of love. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z A new joy had settled upon Betty, whose shy prettiness was turning into beauty. A Bed of Roses Mrs. Burton decided that seldom had she seen a more enchanting picture—Gerry with her delicate blonde prettiness, Felipe Morris so complete a contrast. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines Even the beautiful women are exaggerated into doll-like prettiness by a spirit of irony, or are poignant with a thwarted or corrupted innocence. The Trembling of the Veil As for her prettiness, her beauty of face and form, she thought about them not at all,—almost not at all. Ayala's Angel It is overloaded with prettinesses, many of which would tell well in conversation, but being rather strown over than woven into his narrative, deform where they should adorn. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The youth congratulated her upon the prettiness of the place. A Bed of Roses No one of them could have told from whom she inherited her delicate prettiness, her love of luxury and refinement. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines She was certainly pretty and watching a pretty girl had never wearied Mr. Boller; but far beyond her prettiness was the terrific joke on old Anthony. In And Out Perhaps to excel some others by the prettiness of her apparel might be a pride to her. Ayala's Angel But the prettiness and wittiness are Betty's; do we not all know that? Love's Usuries But with all his contempt for phantasy, there was a touch of the dreamer in Carlyle, and the imaginative beauty, apart from the fanciful prettiness in De Quincey’s work, would have appealed to him. The Vagabond in Literature Poor Gerry, who had changed so completely in the past few weeks that even her delicate prettiness seemed to have vanished forever! The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines There were five girls in the party, and the prettiness of this one, slim, pale, and black-haired, was less likely than that of the others ever to occasion an exchange of platitudes. The Spoils of Poynton Then the door opened, and Ayala, radiant with beauty, in all the prettiness of her best morning costume, was in a moment in her arms. Ayala's Angel What dominates you is a fever of the blood, an attendant delirium or the mind solely depending on your youth and my passable prettiness. The Day of His Youth Frances sadly showed us some things she had pulled out of a trunk and, foolishly, I exclaimed upon their prettiness. A Top-Floor Idyl Her only gifts, prettiness and her desire for the refinements of life which always had been denied her, little in truth to offer when there was no one to help! The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines She had the prettiness and timidity of a kitten, a kitten's grace as well. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident Mr. Dosett knew the world well enough to be aware that all pretty girls such as Ayala cannot find rich husbands merely by exhibiting their prettiness. Ayala's Angel One has to go out of the streets among the lights of the White City in order to see beauty giving way to prettiness. The Book of This and That "I have not been able to discover a trace of prettiness in you." East Angels There was no denying Gerry's exquisite prettiness; tonight with her pale gold hair, her fairness and grace she seemed in tune with the beauty of this old-world garden. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines Of the two prattlers, one is of superb beauty, the other of charming prettiness. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades She was conscious that Ayala was pretty and witty, though she could affect to despise the wit and the prettiness. Ayala's Angel On the subject of dress she was very voluble; in brief, she was prettiness and insipidity personified—the sort of woman that ought to be gagged and kept in bed with a doll. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel Sybil’s prettiness and her charm so wrought upon this dry-as-dust person, however, that he volunteered the address of the literary agent through whom the book had been purchased. Man and Maid They passed multitudes of people, most of them handsome with a pampered, hot-house prettiness, but betraying the peculiar lassitude which had been sapping the energies of this once dynamic race for millennia. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 Though preserving the prettinesses of her New England speech, she had come to regard washing as a luxury. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel All the coy prettiness was gone for the moment; the swollen eyes had circles about them, the cheeks were sallow and free of powder as the lips were free of carmine. Leerie I am really barely good-looking, but I give an impression of prettiness by my vivacity and strict attention to business.” The Daughters of a Genius “I know my son to be too full of sound common-sense, and too ready to bear honourably his father’s name, to be led away by any temporary fancy for a pleasant-looking piece of vulgar prettiness.” The New Mistress A Tale Their prettiness, such as it is, is short-lived. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses She had, so far, taken very little notice of the newcomer, except by vaguely appreciating the fact of her extreme prettiness. The Head Girl at the Gables Now we shall see how nicely all Bell's prettinesses will fit into the corners! Hildegarde's Harvest They lacked the grace of the Latin, the charm of the Slav, the overgrown angel look of the English, the prettiness that the American has achieved. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern He studied her brave eager face, it had in it certain strong earnest lines, certain lines of prettiness, too. Helen Grant's Schooldays Perhaps they are right, but it seems to me that when Nature stretched her stone canvas in the Rockies she did not trouble with the trivialities of pleasing prettiness or technical nicety. Seeds of Pine For her prettiness was so informed with sharp intelligence that her face had a challenging and almost aggressive quality. The Torch Bearer I saw in a magazine the other day that the ladies who give a great many lunches are always wishing to find new little prettinesses for their tables. Hildegarde's Harvest Gwen was conscious that they were examining her; that they knew she was pretty—they could not deny her prettiness. The New Warden Miss Thornton had prettiness enough of a certain kind, she wore her gowns well and looked the girl of good breeding that she was. The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients Even Piero admits that it is very pretty, only he says it is a vignette prettiness,—which, I suppose, is true. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June I went thrice and was well repaid for the dollars, in sweet music of Auber and Donizetti—there were two primas—for serious and comique—both, too, primas in prettiness. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia While the paiderastia of the Greeks was sinking into grossness, effeminacy, and �sthetic prettiness, the moral instincts of humanity began to assert themselves in earnest. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion What were May Dashwood's thoughts as she, too, leaning back in her large chair, looked at the dark hair and the flushed cheeks, the white brow and neck, the radiant pearly prettiness of eighteen! The New Warden But Miss Thornton’s mind was somewhat self-centred, and as she heard his story her pretty face showed nothing but its prettiness. The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients I pictured her to myself as a creature of pink and shallow prettiness. The Portal of Dreams And the brilliant color suited her peasant style of prettiness, her full red lips, her bright crisp bronze hair. Ancestors A Novel Captain Demer�, coming in at the gate of the stockade one afternoon, exclaimed in surprise and pleasure at the prettiness and the completeness of this rude comfort. The Story of Old Fort Loudon Aunt Kitty was a fat, smiling, middle-aged woman who was going through life under the delusion that her face still retained the empty prettiness of its youth. The Rosie World The charge of prettiness is to be less completely ruled out; though it shows even greater mistake in those who do more than touch very lightly on it. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Her sunbonnet had fallen back a little, disclosing her rustic prettiness. Stories of the Foot-hills She was quite positive that no man would hesitate between her own exuberant prettiness and a face and form that looked as if it had stepped down from a dingy old canvas. Ancestors A Novel Under the flame of her hair her prettiness showed haggard and forlorn. The Return of the Prodigal And it was so we saw it; lost in blue sea and sky: a ring of white beach, green underwood, and tossing palms, gem-like in colour; of a fairy, of a heavenly prettiness. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Peggy’s make-up was very successful in effacing every suggestion of youth and girlish prettiness. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted There's something awfully nice about that sort of prettiness. The Immortal Moment The Story of Kitty Tailleur Perhaps the doctor wondered at the unusual combination of prettiness and simplicity, for, in his experience, good looks without vanity were something unique. Banked Fires At forty she had preserved the best part of her youth and prettiness, and an income insufficient for Mr. Norman, but enough for her. The Return of the Prodigal Then she had admired Sally’s prettiness, the gold brown of her hair and eyes, her white skin and even her indolent manners and graces. The Campfire Girls on the Field of Honor Then too she always seemed so anxious that the other girls should look well, and so willing to take trouble to this end, that no one could envy her her own prettiness. An Isle in the Water Their women had to work to trim the edges of their plainer surroundings with the alleviating prettinesses the Hamiltons cast aside with every changing style. Old Crow Like most pretty women, he judged her fully aware of her prettiness, and not bound by too rigid a sense of propriety. Banked Fires Phœbe, of course, had done her best to make her prettiness entirely unobtrusive. The Return of the Prodigal The prettiness of a few songs preserves the memory of his name, but as a poet to read he is forgotten. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century This was rather pretty in its way, and I found he was a curious mixture of prettiness and downright brutal ruthlessness. Aliens Stylistic obsession and the taste for material beauty ended in mechanical prettiness, altogether inexpressive or sentimental. Pot-Boilers Her prettiness had soon faded, and there was no other attraction to eke it out; but her husband was big-hearted and gentle, and he strove hard not to let her see he thought her changed. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. Mrs. Armstrong was a vivacious little woman, who, I conjectured, had once been a village belle, with some pretensions to espièglerie and the fragile prettiness common among New England country girls. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 But now he noted the prettiness of the younger girl, and a certain conceited desire to appear chivalrous, which had earned him the title of "Lady-Killer" among his associates, made him involuntarily spruce. The Plow-Woman It’s an obsession of hers that prettiness and badness go together. The Bandbox At the bottom, for what once was art—the expression of man's most holy emotions—smart tradesmen offer, at fancy prices, mechanical prettiness, cheap sentiment, and accurate representation. Pot-Boilers In this stronger mood, she concentrated upon her own prettiness, the slimness of her body, her power to please him. Coquette For, when it comes to be a question of each man doing his own share or the rest doing more, prettiness of sentiment will be forgotten. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Answering Lancaster's blunt questions, that followed close upon each other, he paid her prettiness constant and wondering homage; and she, noting the attention, retreated a little and was quiet and abashed. The Plow-Woman Such beauty was hers as is the mere prettiness and charm of pleasure—nothing high or fine. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History It is hard to conjecture; for our portrait-painters live in a world which, though not insensitive to prettiness, and impressed by obvious manifestations of ability, cares nothing for art or good painting. Pot-Boilers As a young girl she had a transparent complexion and a thin sort of American prettiness that unfortunately quickly faded, under the influences of the Church Street house, into a sallow commonplaceness. Clark's Field A little further, and he will regard charm in the light of an unworthy sacrifice to prettiness, and the omission of a tedious passage as an infidelity to art. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Daintiness and prettiness characterized her attire, which she carried gracefully, to the accompaniment of a soft, faint rustle. The Fate of Felix Brand No man knows better than I that, as we go on in life, we 410 must part from prettiness and the graces. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) It must have been sheer surprise in discovering any attribute of prettiness at all about so uncompromisingly homely a girl as poor little Lou. Anything Once A sort of prettiness did belong to her; a tiny prettiness which had sufficed to catch Frank Jones. The Landleaguers Quality rather than style and plainness rather than prettiness are his standards in dress. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types Well, you are an agreeable, young, blooming, giddy Creature; and really Miss your little— youthfull prettiness becomes you. The Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd Drawcansir Ollie was vain of her prettiness, as any woman is, only in her case there was no soul beneath it to give it ballast. The Bondboy The bride’s apartment may be white and gold, garlanded with roses, and gay with groups of Cupids; but such prettinesses would not be suitable to the home of a mourning Queen. Needlework As Art She had laughed about her prettiness and her littleness a score of times with Ada and Edith, and also with Frank himself. The Landleaguers So it is small wonder that men have placed prettiness near the top of the list, and the Alimentive woman is the prettiest of all types. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types Because England did not want to shoot a woman, especially 133 not a young woman of a certain prettiness. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Isom was too self-centered, and unconscious of his wife’s uncommon prettiness, to be jealous or suspicious of Morgan’s late goings or early returns. The Bondboy The face might be irregular, lacking in many of the tender prettinesses as natural to other girls, even at twenty-seven, as flowers to a field; but no one could deny its force of character. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Her prettiness, such as it was, had sufficed, and Frank had loved her dearly. The Landleaguers She was too dainty, too petite, with a pink-and-white Dresden prettiness that was almost insignificant. Kildares of Storm Her own prettiness of form and feature had been more than ever impressed upon her by the offers which she refused; and she was determined, as she phrased it, "not to throw herself away." Name and Fame A Novel Much trouble had made her careless of late of her prettiness, and now she was disheveled, her apron awry around her waist, her hair mussed, her whole aspect one of slovenly disregard. The Bondboy With the enforced rest and seclusion following on her fruitless dash to escape, her prettiness had become more delicate, less worn. The Side Of The Angels A Novel A faint offer was made by Ada to abandon some of these prettinesses to her sister, but Edith would have none of them. The Landleaguers It would have been difficult to recognize in this stricken face the pink-and-white Dresden prettiness that had won her the sobriquet of "Apple Blossom." Kildares of Storm And would she not wish to leave in her lover's eyes the memory of whatever prettiness she might have possessed? Marion Fay And if there was not any high pomp about the visit, there was certainly prettiness. Westward with the Prince of Wales There was a distinction about Lois, he admitted to himself, that neither prettiness nor fine clothes nor graceful niceties could rival. The Side Of The Angels A Novel A girl of about seventeen, of plump clean prettiness, still sat at the table, which was littered with dishes. In the Shadow of the Hills Even in her abject poverty, there had been something noticeable about Mag Henderson, aside from mere prettiness. Kildares of Storm Her eyes were autumnal, but it was not from this, or from the lines of maturity graven on the passing prettiness of her little face, that the notion and the name of Mother-Bird suggested itself. The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse She was little, very slight, very pretty, but her prettiness was peculiar. The Doctor's Family She was standing before her mirror, contrasting the image reflected there with Rosie Fay's worn, touching prettiness. The Side Of The Angels A Novel These observations have commonly borne the character of feebleness and affectation; they have a sort of pedantic prettiness, which is somewhat repulsive, but they do not want ingenuity, or justness of criticism. The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir Her white sombrero was the only masculine touch about her, and that rather added to her quick, dark prettiness. The Duke Of Chimney Butte The one is the perfection of neatness, sweetness, cleanliness, prettiness, and order. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule He could not but admit to himself the prettiness of her trim figure, the quiet sedateness of her beautiful, gentle face. The Hound From The North I like intelligence, prettiness, and youth--must have them at any cost! Nobody But this, perhaps, is rather an artificial prettiness, than a real or natural beauty. The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir It is simple and natural, and entirely free from the besetting sins of so slight a picture triviality, affectation, empty prettiness, or simply silliness. Six Centuries of Painting These two liked their cousin well enough, and when they wished to tease the Odalisque they called her “carina” and praised her fresh prettiness. Olive in Italy She was a doll-faced woman, heavily pregnant, a kind of pink prettiness about her. Old Rambling House She halted, and the mirror of her dressing-table mocked her with the counterfeit presentment of herself, pallid and distraught in all the petty prettiness of her borrowed finery. Nobody She obtrudes her prettiness—keeps her attractions always en �vidence, as the French say. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties There, before us, coming down from the black rocks above, leaping from step to step of the stone, were three young girls; but, aye, the queerest sort that ever tantalized a man with their prettiness. The House Under the Sea A Romance They say—” “The Capuan Psyche and a rose from the garden of Eden,” said a man in the stage box, who had discerned Olive’s fresh, eager prettiness beyond the pale beauty of the Odalisque. Olive in Italy "Don't go," said Esther, in a conventional prettiness, but no such beguilement as she had wafted through the telephone. The Prisoner She had lost her fresh cream and rose prettiness, but had gained something in place of it, and though her pale blue eyes were too deeply sunk, her face had acquired strength and dignity. Thurston of Orchard Valley The room was pretty, but he was a connoisseur and was not satisfied with prettiness. Partners of the Out-Trail She was the picture of prettiness in a print gown and a big Spanish shawl wrapped about her baby face. The House Under the Sea A Romance "It's a matter of five or six years," agreed the charmed Bailey, contemplating her with affectionate pride in her prettiness and grace. The Flying Mercury The passing of M’ri’s youth had left a faint flush of prettiness like the afterglow of a sunset faded into twilight. David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West My heart grew hot against his smug satisfaction with his own conventional patterns and prettinesses. Ghetto Comedies Bernard hated sensual prettiness and liked bold, clean lines and subdued color. Partners of the Out-Trail Her brightness, her prettiness, her appeal had been irresistible to him, and he could but acknowledge, while he trembled at the fact, that for the time he had been possessed by her enchantment. The River Prophet Further, an the Squire will have you, you shall stay at Gamewell and learn the tricks and prettinesses of Court and town. Robin Hood Thou wert always finding prettiness of speech and ways that have a charm in them. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia He agreed with her mother, that he had never imagined Elinor's youthful prettiness could have come to anything so near beauty. The Marriage of Elinor Moreover, she was pretty, with that haughtiness of mien which turns prettiness to beauty. The Dust Flower The fire was blazing by that time and shone warm and glowingly on the dark wood and furniture, and everything wore the old pleasant look of comfort and prettiness. Say and Seal, Volume II The true bowman's hand showeth not in the prettiness of an arrow, mother, but in the straightness and hardness of the wand. Robin Hood He has even given me a prettiness that plain Quaker garb cannot wholly disguise. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia But pages of pleasure as well as of prettiness, all those pages were. Say and Seal, Volume I It was more than the show-girl’s inane prettiness, or the comely wax-work face of the girl on the cover of a magazine. The Dust Flower Then it's just as well if you keep her away from the places where they make so much of prettiness, I can tell you. Nobody Dancing steadily through a temperature of 98 in the shade plays hob with some sorts of prettiness. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South On the contrary, they threatened to gush forth in a new flood over the Widow Brown, on whose plump prettiness, hardly dimmed by her three-score years, he looked with appreciative and ardent eyes. Heart of the Blue Ridge About one-third of the way from the bottom Ellen came to a little footpath on the left, which allured her by its promise of prettiness, and she forsook the lane for it. The Wide, Wide World “Now, you mean that I have grown into a young woman, and have lost my prettiness?” By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson "There is some prettiness; and I like prettiness." Nobody Mr Horne spoils all by an affected prettiness suggested by a misapplied passage in Milton. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 The quieter parts of The Lady of the Lake, moreover, are sometimes disfigured by a sentimentality and "prettiness" happily unfrequent with Scott. Lady of the Lake "Why, for prettiness, I suppose," said Ellen, "and to give shade—I don't know anything else." The Wide, Wide World Her eyes roamed about her unceasingly for every bit of prettiness, her ears caught the symphony of bird and brook and soughing wind. Seven Miles to Arden She was a pretty girl, who owed her prettiness chiefly to her bright colouring and the freshness of youth. A Vanished Hand She knows less of the impulsive, emotional prettiness of adolescence than women of other country communities, and in later years gives herself less to intellectual vagaries. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study His prettiness is good timber and clean farming. Highways and Byways in Surrey Shade is one of their uses, no doubt, and prettiness too; He who made the trees made them 'pleasant to the eyes' as well as 'good for food.' The Wide, Wide World But Patsy’s fancy was busy with a hundred things, while her eyes went afield for every scrap of prettiness the country held. Seven Miles to Arden She was still young and pretty, with that delicate London prettiness which meets one in these crowded thoroughfares at every turn. A Vanished Hand
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