becoming
according with custom or propriety
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,797 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,083 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- according with custom or propriety also: comely, comme il faut, decorous, seemly her becoming modestycomely behavior
- displaying or setting off to best advantage a becoming new shade of rosea becoming portrait
becoming in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Yes; and fancy the Mediterranean becoming a Russian lake!
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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I am becoming a wolf, I am becoming a wolf!’
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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I suppose it was so becoming she could not help buying it.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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He was becoming excited: his cheeks were flushed; and his little eyes sparkled.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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It's like saying that the theories you imagined in your science fiction stories are becoming real...
William Gibson Interviewed · Giuseppe Salza · Chapter 1