Example Sentences
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“Seidel would have given us the makers of Auden’s tigerish blazer and dovelike shoe,” he writes, “but he was never impressed enough that Auden didn’t.”
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2015
Reason for these amenities was that British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had sent Il Duce a dovelike message on the Spanish question.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oregon's Republican Senator Mark Hatfield, who is articulate, attractive and only 44, has virtually ruled himself out of presidential consideration�at least for 1968�with his dovelike stance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Percy's position, while certainly not dovelike, was far less militant than Douglas'.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was the plainest of dwellings, painted by wind and weather to a dovelike silver-gray.
From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by King, Basil
