How to Use lovely and in a Sentence

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  • It's been lovely and a great place to raise the kids.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • His wife was very lovely and agreed to be a stand-in.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 9 Aug. 2025
  • My wife is lovely and dresses me.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Léoh was so lovely and so great to work with, and so is Eden.
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2026
  • But Paris has been nothing but lovely and warm.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But Paris has been nothing but lovely and warm.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The stitched leather cover looks lovely and has great texture too.
    Jamie Spain, goodhousekeeping.com, 1 June 2023
  • Plus, its fresh scent will leave your baby's clothes smelling lovely and clean every time!
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2023
  • And, oh my God, the actors in that scene were so lovely and sweet and felt so bad.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The montage of them falling for each other is lovely and warm.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
  • And then my heart just felt overwhelmed and lovely and beautiful.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 21 May 2025
  • Now, that’s all lovely and fine and good, but…when is Berger coming back?
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The sauteed zucchini is lovely and silky, and adds just the right amount of freshness to this dish.
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2025
  • This is a lovely and sad essay about losing a sibling in your twenties.
    Rachel Wilkerson Miller, SELF, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The stories are lovely and funny, vivid but restrained.
    Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Or take a ride a bit west and do it amid lovely and historic Berkshire East.
    Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
  • As lovely and picture-perfect as this porch bar is, the cocktails may be even better.
    Rebecca Deurlein, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Emma, this was so lovely and just like a pleasant way to spend my afternoon, so thank you.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The walls are walnut, with lovely and fiddly details in the molding.
    Katie McDonough, Curbed, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The linen feels lovely and the khaki color does not disappoint.
    Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 June 2023
  • Dom Brown, our longtime guitarist, had a lovely and funky solo.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Stone clearly has a knack for choosing lovely and distinctive names!
    Clea Haran, Parents, 17 June 2025
  • The buttermilk biscuit — lovely and light — comes out sliced in half and toasted.
    Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2026
  • And the casting team has just been so lovely and were really supportive to all three of us.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Shortly after, John came out—very lovely and very friendly.
    Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Yet for those who may not be a fan of the genre, there’s still something lovely and replayable in its construction.
    Britt Julious, chicagotribune.com, 9 Apr. 2022
  • The honey-soy glaze is lovely and has a surprise (to me at least) ingredient.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The honey-soy glaze is lovely and has a surprise (to me at least) ingredient.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 6 May 2025
  • The honey-soy glaze is lovely and has a surprise (to me at least) ingredient.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 6 July 2026
  • That was totally out of the blue, but very validating, very lovely and very rare.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2023

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