Example Sentences

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The price of winningness can be losing; and that, in this scary time, is enough to break the heart of hope.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2010

True it is, something of the Divinity there is in beauty, that, in its intenser forms, repels with all its winningness, until the lowliness of love looks through it.

From The Bride of Fort Edward by Bacon, Delia

Those who insist on charm, on winningness in style, on subtle harmonies and fine exquisiteness of suggestion, are disappointed in Burke: they even find him stiff and over-coloured.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

Most people to whom Michael Angelo's creations appear celestial in their majesty at once and in their winningness would deny this.

From French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture by Brownell, W. C. (William Crary)

Elfrida widened her eyes again and smiled with a vague impersonal winningness.

From A Daughter of To-Day by Duncan, Sara Jeannette