prettiness
- a word derived from pretty.
Example Sentences
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The prettiness of the new surroundings is just a front, of course, and she starts to discover some sinister happenings within the ancient walls.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
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.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2022
For someone to see us — really see us — for all our prettiness and ugliness and want to stick around anyway?
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2022
All of the apple trees were full of blossoms, and when you stood right in the middle of them you could smell their prettiness, but not so much it’d bother you.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
