prettiness

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Recent Examples of prettiness By this point, her prettiness has become so powerful that she’s already charmed her non-European friend Benito without realizing it. Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025 The prettiness of it doesn’t bother Arteta unduly. Phil Hay, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025 He’s aided in basking in all this prettiness with the seductive cinematography from Daria D’Antonio and expert costuming from Carlo Poggioli. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025 Often, Eastwood uses the surroundings as a kind of misdirect, indicating through their prettiness that all is right with the world — as in a romantic montage featuring Eastwood and Mills that plays for far longer than its narrative function requires. Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for prettiness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prettiness
Noun
  • Finding one last meditation on the beauty of Majorca, head to Palma’s western outskirts by car to visit the Fundació Miró Mallorca, a museum on the property where the 20th-century Spanish painter Joan Miró lived and worked during the final years of his life.
    Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • These are the words lead hairstylist Jawara Wauchope used to describe the beauty at this year’s Victoria’s Secret fashion show.
    Essence, Essence, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Forced by competition and driven by profit Despite the warnings, the attractiveness of higher returns remains powerful, particularly for insurers and pension managers facing long-term liabilities.
    Ganesh Rao,Karen Tso, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Nevertheless, regardless of the potential attractiveness, investing in an individual stock entails significant risk.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • All the seats were occupied by cross and weary passengers, but Laura, with her unmistakable tumbling blue-black tresses, as heavy and shining as a bird’s wing—for me her hair was, literally, the crown of her loveliness—was not among them.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Layer it with a ruffled duvet cover, ideally one with some lace trim for ultimate loveliness.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While these two colors are quintessential autumn hues, this season has put a spotlight on them, with many people opting for monochromatic looks in the two rich shades.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Ingram has taken a few tough looks with two teammates open for 3, splayed out behind him.
    Eric Koreen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Prettiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prettiness. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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