Example Sentences

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"When I say well-groomed, well-shaved, well-perfumed, it's a characteristic that I am insisting on among the young. I don't care about their education, since education always comes first of all from the family."

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2016

In Hard Times Dickens explained what life was like for those who could only peer through the gates�and how much misery it cost to maintain those ducal shrubs in such well-shaved elegance.

From Time Magazine Archive

My well-shaved houseguest, meanwhile, awaits delivery of a new $25 million Gulfstream IV.

From Time Magazine Archive

As for being shabby, he was "invariably well-dressed, well-shaved, self-assured."

From Time Magazine Archive

Once more it was pouring and my irregular lawn, well-shaved by Gatsby's gardener, abounded in small muddy swamps and prehistoric marshes.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald