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Sentences starting with handsome

Handsome villas are perched here and there on these ridges, snuggling amongst the foliage, and one catches alluring glimpses of them as the ship swims by toward the city. [5]
Handsome enough she looked, for all that, in man's clothes and a peaked cap, with a pistol in her belt. [11]
Handsome he was, as a picture. [9]
Handsome devil, too. [9]
Handsome Orion? [10]

Sentences ending with handsome

There were those who said that there were millions of family money back of Jack, and that he had recently come in for something handsome. [4]
The streets through which the procession moved were broad and straight, the houses on either side, built of brick, tall and handsome. [10]
I used to think my old mammy was handsome. [5]
Yet she is the most painfully interesting being,--so handsome! [6]
This was merely the concession of politeness, for he thought his offer handsome. [11]
It was said that he was the most aristocratic of aristocratic Romans, the most reckless of the daring, the wildest of the riotous, and the handsomest of the handsome. [10]
We have seene some use mantells made both of Turkey feathers, and other fowle, so prettily wrought and woven with threeds, that nothing could be discerned but the feathers, which were exceedingly warme and very handsome. [4]
If this were set in the midst of the tempest of pictures one finds in the vast galleries of the Roman palaces, would I think it so handsome? [5]
Did n't somebody say he was very handsome? [6]
The book is out, and is handsome. [5]

Short sentences using handsome

And that handsome woman --Nashville?--Louisville? [4]
The face was not handsome. [9]
Such a handsome man! [10]
She looked frightfully handsome. [6]
He behaved very handsome, Sir. [12]
But aren't they damned handsome? [9]
Chauncey Dike was certainly handsome. [9]
She is handsome. [11]

Sentences containing handsome two or more times

She is a very handsome woman --perhaps you would expect me to say handsome still; but that seems a sort of treason to her mature beauty. [4]
She was handsome, too, when he came to look, very handsome when he came to look again,--endowed with that city beauty which is like the beauty of wall-fruit, something finer in certain respects than can be reared off the pavement. [6]
And when the sagacious and enlightened man expressed his approval, nay his admiration of the broad clean streets of the town, the handsome open places, and particularly handsome buildings which abounded on all sides, the young Alexandrian who was proud of his city was delighted. [10]
Maybe he'll tire of the handsome rip--for handsome she is, like a yellow lily growin' out o' mud--and go back to his lawful wife, that believes he's at the mines, when he's drinkin' and colloguin' wid a fly-away. [11]
He has a face-oh, not ver' handsome, not so more handsome as yours--non. [11]

More example sentences with the word handsome in them

A handsome, agile youth, to her sincere regret, had just fallen, but swiftly recovered his elasticity, and, springing to his feet, belaboured his opponent, a clumsy giant, so skilfully and vigorously that the bright blood streamed down his ugly face and big body. [10]
Perhaps no handsome young woman had ever looked at him so in his life. [6]
He was a young man of one-and-twenty or thereabouts; well made, and certainly handsome, though the expression of his face was far from prepossessing, having in common with his manner and even his dress, a dissipated, insolent air which repelled one. [12]
A very handsome young lady in the store offered me a pair of blue gloves. [5]
There were handsome young fellows on the Pontine coast, and we captured them. [10]
Doesn't he remind you of the zebra, where the wild Hottentots come from--smart and handsome, but that showy, all stripes and tail and fetlock! [11]
The handsome standard-bearer yonder was called Ulrich! [10]
The face, so yellow and peaked, was of the type that grows even more handsome in sickness, and in the great fever-stricken eyes a high spirit burned. [9]
He looked a wreck; but a handsome wreck. [11]
If Mr. Gridley would be so good as to find her some kind of a real handsome Chris'n name for 'em, she'd provide 'em with the other one. [6]
There's no such wonderful faces and handsome heads in this town none that even begin. [5]
When he was within twenty paces, and Nicholas could clearly distinguish every detail of his handsome, happy young face, he experienced a feeling tenderness and ecstasy such as he had never before known. [2]
Had one stood within "the Hunter's Room," as it was called, a little while before, one would have seen a man's head bowed before a woman, and her hand smoothing back the hair from the handsome brow where dissipation had drawn some deep lines. [11]
He seemed pleased with the finery of his garments, which exhaled a subtle odor of spikenard new to his senses; for the eyes in his handsome face sparkled brilliantly. [10]
I saw General Wilkinson at the far end of the room; his hand was raised, and there was that on his handsome face which might have been taken for a smile, and yet was not a smile. [9]
The pride and wilfulness of generations was indeed in his handsome face. [9]
At last the wife of a foreign trader cried: "Let him give us the gold, and we'll leave the handsome young chief his bleeding sweetheart. [10]
The young man whose name had set her thoughts roving was handsome, as the glance at him already given might have foreshadowed. [6]
The guests in whom we may have some interest were in the mean time making ready for the party, which was expected to be a brilliant one; for 24 Carat Place was well known for the handsome style of its entertainments. [6]
The only person whom she did not know was the handsome young man standing at her brother's side. [10]
The handsome Vera, who produced such an irritating and unpleasant effect on everyone, smiled and, evidently unmoved by what had been said to her, went to the looking glass and arranged her hair and scarf. [2]
Then she replied, while she looked into his handsome young face with a half-scornful, half-indignant air: "Oh, yes! [10]
At the moment when Virginie turned away with the handsome dish from M. Manotel, and the crowd cheered her gaily, she caught Jean-Jacques' eye, and she came straight towards him. [11]
By and by, when the youth I love is my husband, I will prove my gratitude; for he is as rich as he is handsome and kind, and will, I know, refuse me nothing. [10]
On the Sundays when the heathen prevailed she studied the congregation, grew to distinguish the local country families; and, if the truth must be told, watched for several Sundays for that ugly yet handsome young man whom she had seen on horseback. [9]
And with them were some curious sleighs, whose bodies were shaped like lions, swans, tigers, etc.--vehicles that had once been handsome with pictured designs and fine workmanship, but were dusty and decaying now. [5]
Her little feet were shod with handsome gold sandals set with sapphires, and she seated herself on a low bench with a satisfied smile, as though to assist at a theatrical performance. [10]
Maybe the originals were handsome when they were new, but they are not now. [5]
Indeed, my clothes were by no means handsome, and save for my well-shaven face and clean handkerchief I was an ill-favoured spectacle; but I tried to bear my shoulders up as we marched through dark reeking corridors, and presently came suddenly into well-lighted passages. [11]
Proclus and Althea were among the conspirators who supported Arsinoe, and the Queen thought it would be an easy matter to win over to her cause and herself the handsome sculptor, whom she remembered at the last Dionysia. [10]
Such a well-dressed, well-satisfied, well-fed looking crowd poured down the broad sidewalks before the handsome, stupid houses that March could easily pretend he had got among his fellow-plutocrats at last. [8]
The effect of well-built, well-furnished, well-kept houses and of handsome grounds always maintained in good order about them shows itself in a large circuit around the fashionable centre. [6]
She knew quite well that she was doing a large and generous thing to pay for that lad, and that I ought in common fairness to come out with something handsome about it, but I couldn't--my mouth refused. [5]
Suddenly, when he was within fifty paces, a cry escaped me,--I should have known that smiling, sallow, weakly handsome face anywhere in the world. [9]
Her handsome face was white as chalk, her pupils widened in terror. [9]
If any detail was wanting to round out and reward this knightly performance in strict accord with the old romances, it was supplied by the subsequent handsome conduct of Prince Sigismund. [4]
Another time I was Snow-White and she the wicked step-mother, and also the hunter, the dwarf, and the handsome prince who married her. [10]
The handsome Anatole was smilingly talking to a partner on his arm and looked at Natasha as one looks at a wall. [2]
I recollect it was said by a witty lady of a handsome clergyman well remembered among us, that he had dressy eyes. [6]
Though the performance was proceeding, he walked deliberately down the carpeted gangway, his sword and spurs slightly jingling and his handsome perfumed head held high. [2]
Thankful that he was here, I searched his handsome person with my eyes. [9]
However, the man was handsome and unusual in his leopard way, with his brown curling hair and well-cared-for moustache. [11]
The young officer was handsome and attractive enough, and her granddaughter after all was but a woman. [10]
The Grand Duke was dressed in the handsome and showy uniform of a Cossack officer. [5]
The recruiting officer was certainly a handsome man and, moreover, of noble birth. [10]
Even while Gorgias was beckoning to him from the two-wheeled chariot, the thought entered his mind that yonder handsome youth, who had so deeply wronged Barine and Dion, would be the very person to help carry his friend through the low-roofed passage to the sea. [10]
Our young captain was a very handsome man, tall and perfectly formed, the very figure to show up a smart uniform's best effects. [5]
Willie Haslam's funeral was a public function: he was young, innocent-looking, handsome, and the people did not know what Pierre would not tell now--that he had cheated grossly at cards. [11]
Mr. Dickinson, who was a director in the Maplewood line, got a handsome underwriting percentage, and Mr. Berringer, also a director, on the bonds and preferred stock he sold. [9]
Amid the crowd was a dark, handsome youth, in Andalusian garb, who seemed to fix on her an eye of agony. [4]
It was yet warm, and the handsome features wore a smile. [11]
Mr Swiveller, recovering very slowly from his illness, and entering into the receipt of his annuity, bought for the Marchioness a handsome stock of clothes, and put her to school forthwith, in redemption of the vow he had made upon his fevered bed. [12]
He hadn't so very much talent, but he was handsome and good, and these are a kind of talents themselves and help along. [5]
He was a very handsome young man, of medium height, with firm, clearcut features. [2]
Syloson was a very handsome man too, and so remarkable for the good taste and splendor of his dress, that the youth of Naukratis prided themselves on imitating the cut and hang of his robes. [10]
We had four very handsome horses, and the driver was very proud of his turnout. [5]
She felt her veins full of the same rich blood as that which had flushed the cheeks of handsome Judith in the long summer of her triumph. [6]
They were all vauriens; all as handsome as you can think, and all died, not in their beds. [11]
He was elegantly upholstered, and was a handsome fellow, barring a trifling cast in his eye. [5]
The handsome rake's unlimited dissipations were severely checked by his sufferings, but not altogether prevented, and on his return to Rome he continued to indulge in all the pleasures of life. [10]
We of the United States lead the world in beautiful paper-money; and when I exchanged my crisp, handsome greenbacks for the dirty, flimsy, ill-executed notes of the Dominion, at a dead loss of value, I could not be reconciled to the transaction. [4]
The Italian officers' uniforms are very much the most beautiful I have ever seen; and, as a general thing, the men in them were as handsome as the clothes. [5]
It was commonly understood in the town of Rockland that Dudley Venner had had a great deal of trouble with that daughter of his, so handsome, yet so peculiar, about whom there were so many strange stories. [6]
A post-village and township in _________ Co., State of _________,situated in a fine agricultural region, 2 thriving villages, Pigwacket Centre and Smithville, 3 churches, several school houses, and many handsome private residences. [6]
And he smiled too--he is a very handsome fellow--and desired me most pressingly to open the door as he had something of the greatest importance to say to me. [10]
We could sell-out tomorrow for a handsome sum. [5]
I, who compared to you, am like a faun with pointed ears beside the handsome Ares, nevertheless know by experience how easily the glowing eyes of that country kindle conflagrations. [10]
What was she to think of the deaconess, who was his confederate; what of this handsome youth who had unmasked the deceiver, and saved her perhaps from some fearful fate? [10]
Nearest of all to the commander in chief walked a handsome adjutant. [2]
My idea was to strike you for the necessary funds, and do the thing on a handsome scale. [8]
Sudden he took to shiverin', and snatched me by the arm, and a mad look shot out of his handsome face. [11]
How am I to preserve self-control, calmness, patience, when I see her in the arms of that handsome young demi-god whom I scorned only yesterday as a worthless scoundrel? [10]
Handsome, strong, superior to other men, he had always appeared. [10]
I asked her to let me think a minute; and she set there, very impatient and excited and handsome, but looking kind of happy and eased-up, like a person that's had a tooth pulled out. [5]
As she listened to it she saw before her his smooth handsome forehead, his mustache, and his whole face, as she had so often seen it in the stillness of the night when he slept. [2]
At first, according to her custom, she had roused the handsome fellow's hopes by fiery glances which she could not restrain. [10]
Rostov was horrified to hear later that of all that mass of huge and handsome men, of all those brilliant, rich youths, officers and cadets, who had galloped past him on their thousand-ruble horses, only eighteen were left after the charge. [2]
He had hoped to have come home enriched by the sale of his copyright, and with the prospect of seeing his name before long on the back of a handsome volume. [6]
Boris listened attentively to each of the speakers, awaiting his turn, but managed meanwhile to look round repeatedly at his neighbor, the beautiful Helene, whose eyes several times met those of the handsome young aide-de-camp with a smile. [2]
You know how to do it, and when you confirm its sincerity with a handsome cheque the limit is reached and compliment can no higher go. [5]
It is easy to distinguish the young ladies--many of them beautifully dressed, and handsome on first acquaintance--who have been bred on this kind of book. [4]
Rigid ostracism was to be the price of bidding on any goods displayed, and men who bought in handsome furniture on that day because it was cheap have still, after forty years, cause to remember it. [9]
Tom Canty lived to be a very old man, a handsome, white-haired old fellow, of grave and benignant aspect. [5]
To liken him to a clothing store model of a well-built, broad-shouldered man with a firm neck, a handsome, rather square face not lacking in colour and a conventional, drooping moustache would be slanderous; yet he did suggest it. [9]
While Selene was thus making her way with cruel pain, satisfaction and happiness had visited Arsinoe; for hardly had Selene and Antinous quitted her father's apartments, when Hiram begged her to show him the little bottle which the handsome youth had just given her. [10]
We went abroad through the town, then, and found it a city of huge commercial buildings, and broad, handsome streets brilliant with gas-light. [5]
It is full three months since I sent the shrewd and handsome Count Detzin on his devilish mission to my brother's daughter Constance. [5]
That parlor Cynthia thought a handsome room, with its high windows and lace curtains, its long mirrors and marble-topped tables. [9]
And this youth, this handsome, spirited-looking, noble-aired young fellow, whose artist-eye could not miss a line of Myrtle's proud and almost defiant beauty, was to be the witness of his power, and to look in admiration upon his prize! [6]
People did not think whether he was handsome or not; his features bore the impress of his intellectual power so distinctly that the first glance revealed the presence of a remarkable man. [10]
Custom is, to think a handsome thing in private but tame it down in the utterance. [5]
He was a thin, rather handsome, dissolute-looking fellow of middle height and about forty, in dandified dress. [11]
What fine fellows they were, as they marched on, talking and singing; and she said to herself that Diodoros and Alexander were taller even than most of these, and would have been handsome among the handsomest! [10]
I do hope they are handsome, and I just know they are! [5]
They thought as they also looked at Mr. Braham; how handsome he is! [5]
Handsome, lots of them, and dressed--oh, my friend, dress is still a part of it! [4]
And most of them are fine-looking fellows, good figures in elegantly fitting and tasteful uniforms; but they do like to show their handsome forms and hear their sword-scabbards rattle on the pavement as they stride by. [4]
It seems that the young fellow who pulled the bow oar of that men's college boat which we had the pleasure of beating got some glimpses of Georgina, our handsome stroke oar. [6]
The something was the vision of a young woman in a brown linen suit seated in a runabout and driving a horse almost as handsome as Pepper. [9]
Hentzner, however, thought the streets handsome and clean. [4]

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