winning
noun
the act of a person or thing that wins.
winningness
-
a word derived from
winning.
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
She gained her ends by the winningness of her disposition, the melody of her voice, the gentleness of her manner.
From Greek Women by Mitchell Carroll
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 Delia Bacon
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 W. C. (William Crary) Brownell
Elfrida widened her eyes again and smiled with a vague impersonal winningness.
From A Daughter of To-Day by Sara Jeannette Duncan
