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

From Slate Apr. 21, 2019

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

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

She dressed hurriedly, in her one white dress, with a sigh for the becomingness of the blue kimona.

From Judy by Bailey, Temple

In the course of her search she happened to recognise her bandbox and conceive a desire to reassure herself as to the becomingness of its contents.

From The Bandbox by Vance, Louis Joseph