Example Sentences

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But that "view is becomingly increasingly difficult to defend," he said last week after data showed weekly new claims for unemployment benefits hit their lowest level since February.

From Reuters • Aug. 4, 2023

It’s the question that drives the evening and, just as crucially, the paranoia of the king in a court decked out becomingly by costume designer Sarah Cubbage in Victorian bowler hats and petticoats.

From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2018

So in a way she’s playing herself, most becomingly.

From Time • Feb. 21, 2012

"She is terribly thin, almost a wraith, and should be gowned more becomingly."

From The Guardian • Oct. 23, 2010

By nine o'clock next morning Lady Carr, becomingly arrayed, was sitting up in bed munching a hearty breakfast, and reflecting according to her habit upon yesterday's experiences and to-day's arrangements.

From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian