Handsomer

Examples

• Even from behind they are handsomer and have more sense than these people. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He will be marquis some day, and there is no denying that she would make a good marchioness: she looks handsomer than ever in her mourning. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• No, it is not handsomer, not at all handsomer in its way, and, for my purpose, not half so fit. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• But he looked handsomer than I had seen him look for many a day. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I think our women are much handsomer. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• My dear, you're handsomer than ever! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• It will cost but little more than a common glass, and will look much handsomer and more creditable. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Handsomer than Thomasin Yeobright, the reddleman persisted, saying to himself, God forgive a rascal for lying! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• In this picturesque dress he looked handsomer than ever, and had quite recovered his bombastic air, which terror had deprived him of during the storm. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• And she was handsomer, but the reddleman was far from thinking so. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I've seen over a thousand, in my day, paid down for gals not a bit handsomer. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Marianne was still handsomer. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• But who has handsomer, better children than ours? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• No doubt it is handsomer than mine, and fitter for a ballroom. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It made him look handsomer, he was so composed; it made his vicinage pleasant, it was so peace-restoring. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And he in his uniform--how much handsomer he was than any man in the room! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Elizabeth honoured him for such feelings, and thought him handsomer than ever as he expressed them. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Not a braver or handsomer officer in the army; and such a charming wife! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Every one knows you're a thousand times handsomer and cleverer than Bertha; but then you're not nasty. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Why, perhaps, that might look handsomer. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• She looked handsomer and more Diana-like than ever. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.

Typed by Ewing