Use "comely" in a sentence

1. “This comely maiden goes to Lady Phyllis for the sum of one

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2. She appears so comely in men’s eyes, they feel fortunate to stand in her presence

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3. It was as if all the goodness in creation had come together in a still moment of time; a mother’s smile, a power beyond reckoning and imagination, all that in the creases of a beautiful face and two comely lips

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4. mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him

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5. They were good, substantial, uninteresting women, one or two fairly comely, the others not exactly so and John Meredith would as soon have thought of marrying any one of them as of hanging himself

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6. 1Cor 11:13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?

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7. 18 see that which I have seen; It is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he takes

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8. 10 Your cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, your neck with chains of gold

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9. 3 Your lips are like a thread of scarlet, and your speech is comely: your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within your locks

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10. of the Earth shall be excellent and comely for those who have escaped of Israel

11. 3 Riches are not comely for a niggard, and what should an envious man do with money?

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12. 1 There is a reproof that is not comely, again, some man holds his tongue, and he is wise

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13. 4 O how comely a thing is judgment for gray hairs, and for ancient men to know counsel!

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14. 5 O how comely is the wisdom of old men, and understanding and counsel to men of honour

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15. the priests and Levites, having the unleavened bread, stood in very comely order according to the kindreds, 11 And according to the

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16. of their battle 29 But when the battle waxed strong, there appeared to the enemies from Heaven five comely men on horses, with

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17. And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born to them beautiful and comely daughters; and the angels, the children of the Heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children

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18. And Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg

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19. 29 And Satan returned and came to Isaac; and he appeared to Isaac in the figure of a young man comely and well favored

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20. 40 And the young woman was of very comely appearance, she was a virgin, and Rebecca was ten years old in those days

21. Ornate summer tunes that comely alleviate living

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22. 6 And these Midianites ran to the pit to drink water, for they thought that it contained water, and on coming before the pit they heard the voice of Joseph crying and weeping in the pit, and they looked down into the pit, and they saw and note there was a youth of comely appearance and well favored

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23. 9And the Midianites answered and said to the sons of Jacob, Is this your servant, or does this man attend you? peradventure you are all his servants, for he is more comely and well favored than any of you, and why do you all speak falsely to us?

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24. 18 And the Midianites saw that Joseph was of a comely appearance and well-favored; they desired him in their hearts and were urgent to purchase him from his brothers

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25. 20 They were going along the road, and the Midianites repented of what they had done, in having purchased the young man, and one said to the other, What is this thing that we have done, in taking this youth from the Hebrews, who is of comely appearance and well favored

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26. 2 And the Ishmaelites said to them, Do you desire to purchase this slave from use and they said, Deliver him over to us, and they delivered Joseph over to them, and they beheld him, that he was a very comely youth and they purchased him for twenty shekels

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27. 14 And Joseph was eighteen years old, a youth with beautiful eyes and of comely appearance, and like to him was not in the whole land of Egypt

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28. 15 At that time while he was in his master's house, going in and out of the house and attending his master, Zelicah, his master's wife, lifted up her eyes toward Joseph and she looked at him, and note he was a youth comely and well favored

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29. 14 And the young woman was of a comely appearance, and a woman of sense, and she had been the wife of Malkiel the son of Elam, the son of Shem

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30. 17 And the damsel was of a comely appearance, and she went in the sanctified ways of the children of Jacob; she lacked nothing, and the Lord gave her wisdom and understanding

31. 13 And they went to the walls of the harlots, and they sought Joseph in the walls of the harlots for three days, for they thought that Joseph would come in the walls of the harlots, for Joseph was very comely and well favored, and the sons of Jacob sought Joseph for three days, and they could not find him

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32. 28 And they said to him, Because we heard that Ishmaelites stole him from us, and it was told to us that they sold him in Egypt, and your servant, our brother, is very comely and well favored, so we thought he would surely be in the houses of harlots, therefore your servants went there to seek him and give ransom for him;

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33. 14 And the king Azdrubal had a very beautiful daughter, whose name was Ushpezena, and all the men of Africa embroidered her likeness on their garments, on account of her great beauty and comely appearance

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34. 54 And the children of Moab were afraid of the children of Israel, and the children of Moab took all their daughters and their wives of beautiful aspect and comely appearance, and dressed them in gold and silver and costly garments

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35. And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born to them beautiful and comely daughters; and the angels the children of the Heaven saw and lusted after them and said to one another: 'Come let us choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children

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36. 40 And the young woman was of very comely appearance she was a virgin and Rebecca was ten years old in those days

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37. 6 And these Midianites ran to the pit to drink water for they thought that it contained water and on coming before the pit they heard the voice of Joseph crying and weeping in the pit and they looked down into the pit and they saw and note there was a youth of comely appearance and well favored

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38. 9And the Midianites answered and said to the sons of Jacob Is this your servant or does this man attend you? peradventure you are all his servants for he is more comely and well favored than any of you and why do you all speak falsely to us?

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39. 20 They were going along the road and the Midianites repented of what they had done in having purchased the young man and one said to the other What is this thing that we have done in taking this youth from the Hebrews who is of comely appearance and well favored

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40. 2 And the Ishmaelites said to them Do you desire to purchase this slave from use and they said Deliver him over to us and they delivered Joseph over to them and they beheld him that he was a very comely youth and they purchased him for twenty shekels

41. 14 And Joseph was eighteen years old a youth with beautiful eyes and of comely appearance and like to him was not in the whole land of Egypt

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42. 15 At that time while he was in his master's house going in and out of the house and attending his master Zelicah his master's wife lifted up her eyes toward Joseph and she looked at him and note he was a youth comely and well favored

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43. 14 And the young woman was of a comely appearance and a woman of sense and she had been the wife of Malkiel the son of Elam the son of Shem

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44. 17 And the damsel was of a comely appearance and she went in the sanctified ways of the children of Jacob; she lacked nothing and the Lord gave her wisdom and understanding

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45. 13 And they went to the walls of the harlots and they sought Joseph in the walls of the harlots for three days for they thought that Joseph would come in the walls of the harlots for Joseph was very comely and well favored and the sons of Jacob sought Joseph for three days and they could not find him

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46. 28 And they said to him Because we heard that Ishmaelites stole him from us and it was told to us that they sold him in Egypt and your servant our brother is very comely and well favored so we thought he would surely be in the houses of harlots therefore your servants went there to seek him and give ransom for him;

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47. 14 And the king Azdrubal had a very beautiful daughter whose name was Ushpezena and all the men of Africa embroidered her likeness on their garments on account of her great beauty and comely appearance

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48. 54 And the children of Moab were afraid of the children of Israel and the children of Moab took all their daughters and their wives of beautiful aspect and comely appearance and dressed them in gold and silver and costly garments

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49. 10 And when these things were done the priests and Levites having the unleavened bread stood in very comely order according to the kindreds 11 And according to the several dignities of the fathers before the people to offer to the Lord as it is written in the book of Moses and so did they in the morning

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50. 18 Yes and if men have gathered together gold and silver or any other goodly thing do they not love a woman which is comely in favour and beautye 19 And letting all those things go do they not gape and even with open mouth fix their eyes fast on her; and have not all men more desire to her than to silver or gold or any goodly thing whatever? 20 A man leaves his own father that brought him up and his own country and sticks to his wife

51. 26 Moreover two other young men appeared before him notable in strength excellent in beauty and comely in apparel who stood by him on either side; and scourged him continually and gave him many sore stripes

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52. 28 Now the sun being newly risen they joined both together; the one part having together with their virtue their refuge also to the Lord for a pledge of their success and victory: the other side making their rage leader of their battle 29 But when the battle waxed strong there appeared to the enemies from Heaven five comely men on horses with bridles of gold and two of them led the Jews 30 And took Maccabeus between them and covered him on every side weapons and kept him safe but shot arrows and lightnings against the enemies: so that being confounded with blindness and full of trouble they were killed

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53. 2 The tyrant having given this charge seven brethren were brought into his presence along with their aged mother handsome and modest and well-born and altogether comely

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54. Now a revelation was given to me my brethren while I slept by a young man of comely appearance who said to me "Who do you think that old woman is from whom you received the book?" And I said "The Sibyl

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55. When she was younger and, I imagine from her uncovered history, somewhat more comely, they managed to trace her employment back to the Isle of the Su-Katii God-King

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56. He was a virile and comely youth

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57. Her name was Nalda and she was a comely creature

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58. 4 This woman, once comely, was the wife of an inferior citizen of Nazareth, a man who had been a troublemaker for Jesus throughout his youthful days

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59. Her fever had comely gone away and the sores on her body were mostly healed

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60. That’s why, some years later, when Molly had blossomed into a woman of hips and comely smiles, we worried

61. She reasoned that if the comely perfection of Aphrodite needed enhancing, it would be bound to help an imperfect human such as she perceived herself to be

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62. And she had had the dearest chin with a dimple in it, and she had had clear, hopeful eyes, and all the lines of her body had been comely and gracious

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63. When they came for fittings, I would stick around not only to assist the fitting but in search of beauty, to look at the girl, to see a comely face, an allure of youth and womanhood, a lovely leg or perhaps an accidentally exposed breast

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64. They came to me, to us, to Chez Raymond to become beautiful or, at least, comely and desirable and I racked my brains to do as good a job as was possible

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65. She lost her colour, and the old and intent expression was a constant, not an occasional, thing; otherwise, she remained very pretty and comely

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66. They greeted each other courteously, and then Don Quixote and those who accompanied him turned to examine the bier, and on it, covered with flowers, they saw a dead body in the dress of a shepherd, to all appearance of one thirty years of age, and showing even in death that in life he had been of comely features and gallant bearing

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67. The innkeeper had a wife whose disposition was not such as those of her calling commonly have, for she was by nature kind-hearted and felt for the sufferings of her neighbours, so she at once set about tending Don Quixote, and made her young daughter, a very comely girl, help her in taking care of her guest

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68. All the people of the inn were struck with astonishment at the beauty of Dorothea, and even at the comely figure of the shepherd Cardenio

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69. Roque turned round at the noise and perceived this comely figure, which drawing near thus addressed him, "I came in quest of thee, valiant Roque, to find in thee if not a remedy at least relief in my misfortune; and not to keep thee in suspense, for I see thou dost not recognise me, I will tell thee who I am; I am Claudia Jeronima, the daughter of Simon Forte, thy good friend, and special enemy of Clauquel Torrellas, who is thine also as being of the faction opposed to thee

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70. comely black man, with an air of distinction natural to his birth and

71. him, by the comely terrors his motions dressed him in: his eyes shooting

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72. "I remember to have united with two comely maidens, in lifting up our voices in

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73. By the Lord, it is no longer than a child's and yet the maidens are tall and comely

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74. As he stood there facing the others with an inexpressibly winning smile upon his comely face, it seemed impossible that there could be any fellowship between him and them

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75. And lo, as they quaffed their cup of joy, a godlike messenger came swiftly in, radiant as the eye of heaven, a comely youth and behind him there passed an elder of noble gait and countenance, bearing the sacred scrolls of law and with him his lady wife a dame of peerless lineage, fairest of her race

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76. And lo, there entered one of the clan of the O'Molloy's, a comely hero of white face yet withal somewhat ruddy, his majesty's counsel learned in the law, and with him the prince and heir of the noble line of Lambert

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77. As he stood there in the forefront of this company, there was nothing in his refined and comely exterior to indicate that his real function was to pander to and flatter them; to invest with an air of respectability and rectitude the abominably selfish lives of the gang of swindlers, slave-drivers and petty tyrants who formed the majority of the congregation of the Shining Light Chapel

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78. And yonder about that grey urn where the water moves at times in thoughtful irrigation you saw another as fragrant sisterhood, Floey, Atty, Tiny and their darker friend with I know not what of arresting in her pose then, Our Lady of the Cherries, a comely brace of them pendent from an ear, bringing out the foreign warmth of the skin so daintily against the cool ardent fruit

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79. “Wilt thou go with us to-night? There will be a merry company in the forest; and I wellnigh promised the Black Man that comely Hester Prynne should make one

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80. He was a fine creature, this man of the old English soil, simple, straight, and gentle, with his great, earnest blue eyes and broad, comely face

81. Toad, of course, in his vanity, thought that her interest in him proceeded from a growing tenderness; and he could not help half-regretting that the social gulf between them was so very wide, for she was a comely lass, and evidently admired him very much

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82. Cyril Overton, of Trinity College, Cambridge, announced the arrival of an enormous young man, sixteen stone of solid bone and muscle, who spanned the doorway with his broad shoulders and looked from one of us to the other with a comely face which was haggard with anxiety

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83. He was a tall man, and something more comely at a distance than at hand

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84. But, what is pleasant enough, I myself was awed into a sort of respect for him, by the comely terrors his motions dressed him in: his eyes shooting sparks of fire; his face glowing with ardours that gave another life to it; his teeth churning; his whole frame agitated with a raging ungovernable impetuosity: all sensibly betraying the formidable fierceness with which the genial instinct acted upon him

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85. In less time than I am in writing these heads, he was again himself, and with a modest fortitude that was exceedingly comely, he acknowledged who he was, adding, that he feared his blameless disgrace entailed effects which he could not hope to remove, and therefore it was his intention to resign his commission

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86. Now the hand of Henry Jekyll (as you have often remarked) was professional in shape and size: it was large, firm, white and comely

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87. Parmenitch, a talkative, comely old man, gave Levin a very warm welcome, showed him all he was doing, told him everything about his bees and the swarms of that year; but gave vague and unwilling answers to Levin’s inquiries about the mowing

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88. Like the other men of the party, with the ladies’ permission, he took off his coat, and his solid, comely figure in his white shirt-sleeves, with his red perspiring face and his impulsive movements, made a picture that imprinted itself vividly on the memory

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89. The upstairs, so rumor said, was fitted out with the finest of plush upholstered furniture, heavy lace curtains and imported comely, if brightly painted, and comported themselves more quietly than those of other mirrors in gilt frames

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90. 'I don't think you would exactly call her pretty; "comely" is the word I think of in her connection

91. "A comely maid that," said the other

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