prettiness

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Recent Examples of prettiness The prettiness of it doesn’t bother Arteta unduly. Phil Hay, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025 While there’s also a long tradition of funny fat women who are Black, this particular tradition of self-laceration feels born of white feminism, defined by how close the character is to the dominant paradigms of prettiness without embodying them herself. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 16 July 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
  • But that’s also the beauty of it.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
  • These beauties are smaller, with the foliage growing about 12 inches tall and the flowers extending above.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, regardless of its attractiveness, investing in a single stock involves high risk.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Toni Collette, whose breakthrough role was the socially awkward title character in 1994’s Muriel’s Wedding, has never shied away from playing women who downplay their attractiveness.
    Gregg Kilday, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For all its outré looks, Area has had its over-the-top runway styles translate into highly covetable denim styles and slinky miniskirts and jackets covered in signature rhinestones and pearls.
    Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Pittman noted the Rebels didn’t run their offense at their standard lightning pace for much of the game and did a lot of looks to the sidelines for late play adjustments.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Prettiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prettiness. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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