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Poem to Phyllis, congratulating her on the becomingness of her Easter hat.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2019

Availing himself of this privilege, our young Lieutenant invented a costume which, however unmilitary and irregular, was not deficient in becomingness.

From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

This thought had, perhaps unconsciously, influenced her when enlarging on the becomingness of a refined indifference to Sir Richard Calmady's deformity.

From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas

The house is beset with milliners, jewellers, and other seductionists of the same type; and Mrs. D.'s voice is loud in the drawing-room on the merits of Brussels lace and the becomingness of rubies.

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Lever, Charles James

Yes, in spite of the feeling of looseness about her head which worried her not a little, she could see the intense becomingness of the new way in which her hair was arranged.

From The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel by Winter, John Strange