prepossessing in a sentence
pronunciation: [ [ ˌpri:pə'zesiŋ ] ]
Examples
- "' Solution algorithms for pressure-velocity coupling in steady flows "'are the standard prepossessing methods used to solve steady problems in computational fluid dynamics.
- Sprawling St . Moritz consists of two towns, chic and ultra-expensive St . Moritz-Dorf and less prepossessing St . Moritz-Bad just down the road.
- Ben Douglass, in his 1878 history of Wayne County, Ohio, characterized Wooster as " a man of prepossessing appearance, of rare intellectual culture and accomplished education ."
- Ian Buruma notes that Yoshitsune was considered by contemporaries to be not physically prepossessing, but that his legend later grew and due to this, he became depicted with good looks.
- For every threatened beauty, there's four un-prepossessing characters like small-flowered leafcup, New England boneset, minuartia glabra, or northern bullrush in this new garden.
- With her sleek hair, tailored leather jacket and a prepossessing mixture of candor and cool, Kate Winslet is, in the words of her director, a very sparkling, very modern, very attractive person.
- The subsequent verse is directed to her fans currently residing in the corrections system, specifically men who enjoy coupling with Kim; the singer suggests she is so prepossessing that images of her incite fisticuffs among the internees.
- Peter Schjeldahl of The New Yorker wrote : " The most prepossessing is an energetic performance by . . . Vitale, who . . . harangues'patrons'with colorfully worded . . . insults and commands.
- He was described as " a handsome young fellow, about the medium height, loosely and somewhat clumsily built . . . He has a frank and prepossessing face, clear eyes, and very thick dark eyebrows ."
- Being a man of prepossessing appearance and easy manners, having a strong, logical mind and being a fluent and concise speaker, he early in his career took a position in the front rank of Ohio s Pickaway County bar.