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"Homely" in a Sentence (22 examples)
The girl was not downright homely.
When I told her I'd never seen such a homely girl, she accused me of sexual harassment.
I don't ever expect to be a bride myself. I'm so homely nobody will ever want to marry me.
Mary is a homely girl.
Tom is a very homely person.
That hotel has a homely atmosphere.
The hotel has a homely atmosphere.
There's a homely atmosphere in this hotel.
As for music, there's beautiful music everywhere in Christminster. You med be religious, or you med not, but you can't help striking in your homely note with the rest.
An interesting illustration of this is the way in which the English flower names which were in use till very recently are being ousted by Greek ones, snapdragon becoming antirrhinum, forget-me-not becoming myosotis, etc. It is hard to see any practical reason for this change of fashion: it is probably due to an instinctive turning-away from the more homely word and a vague feeling that the Greek word is scientific.
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Other homely details in the stories — preparing a salad, diapering a baby
Mowgli: "Oh, don't worry Chota, it may not be homely, but I can warm it up."
There is none so homely but loves a looking-glass.
"I can't send a young, pretty girl, or for that matter even a homely one if you'd have her, on a job like this without telling her what to expect."
You see, she sees herself as a starlet; I see her as a sturdy, healthy but decidedly homely kid.
With all these men I was right homely, and communed with them long and oft.
I am seeking a beautiful homely girl for marriage.
a homely garment
homely fare
homely manners
Now Strephon daily entertains His Chloe in the homeliest strains.
There is no simple way to define precisely a complex arrangement of parts, however homely the object may appear to be.
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