purty
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Being the reason a marriage ends might look purty in a novel, but in real life it means you took someone else’s candy just because you wanted it.
From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2023
“How d’ya know I ain’t jus another purty face out shoppin’ fer my family?” she asks the officer who has come to arrest her.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 26, 2015
They're mighty purty right this minute, they shore are.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Eddie was a purty boy, and look at him now.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“Looks like purty important mail you’re gittin’, Jethro,” Ed said quietly.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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