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How to use fetching in a sentence

14 example sentences · adjective, noun

Fetching means attractive; pleasant to regard. Example: “Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.”

Examples of fetching by meaning

adjectiveAttractive; pleasant to regard.

  • Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171
  • I am not, I regret to say, a discreet and fetching sleeper.2000, Bill Bryson, chapter 1, in In a Sunburned Country, page 11
  • “The men in this town have a serious case of pussy affluenza,” says Amy Watanabe, 28, the fetching, tattooed owner of Sake Bar Satsko, a lively izakaya in New York’s East Village.2015, Nancy Jo Sales, “Tinder and the Dawn of the “Dating Apocalypse””, in Vanity Fair

More sentences with fetching

  • One or two were hurriedly fetching ropes and yelling contradictory orders, from which I deduced that Mr.2007, Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, page 320. From the entry certifiably
  • Raising their voices and speaking in simple sentences and fetching and carrying.1998, Sarah Dreher, chapter 1, in Shaman’s Moon (A Stoner McTavish Mystery), Norwich, Vt.: New Victoria Publishers, →ISBN, page 17. From the entry fetch and carry
  • That your fetching skills are fetchier than the fetchiest.2017, Laura Pauling, A Royal Con. From the entry fetchy
  • Vikki does everything—bath-shath, breakfast, potty, dropping, fetching.2013 October 15, Shobhaa De, Sultry Days, reprint edition, Penguin UK, →ISBN. From the entry shath
  • Off Grafton St., the statue of the fetching fishmongress Molly Malone is referred to as “the tart with the cart.”2000, Let’s Go: Ireland, →ISBN, page 117. From the entry fishmongress
  • 'You are most awfully fetching to-night—you look so jolly mysterious somehow,' he said joyously, putting his cheek against hers.1906, Flora Annie Steel, chapter XXVI, in A Sovereign Remedy, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 318. From the entry wifelet
  • Netrebko first appeared in a simple, fetching black dress, then switched to a shoulderless cream and sequined gown for the second half.2007 June 1, Anthony Tommasini, “In Opera’s Shrinking World, It Still Helps to Use Your First Language”, in New York Times. From the entry shoulderless
  • Now, I find if there are any posts to send, it seems to get in a confuzzle and never reaches the point of fetching.2001 December 17, Vince M. “VinceH” Hudd, from softrock.co.uk, “Re: Blueyonder newserver”, in comp.sys.acorn.misc (Usenet). From the entry confuzzle
  • Then, fetching a wide compass, he worked back at leisure, for he needed time to invent a story if any of Mahbub's retainers asked questions.1901, Rudyard Kipling, Kim. From the entry compass
  • His heart leaped when he saw how fetching she looked in her afternoon dress, silk chiffon with pleated sleeves, in a becoming shade of dusty rose.1999, John Jakes, American Dreams, page 80. From the entry dusty rose
  • Little Miss Jane Berbie, the war-mongress Preziosilla, sings well and with a fetching verse and she added the gaiety this heavy tragedy opera with its psychologically unreal thinking needs.1969 March 19, Doris Reno, “A Stage Full of Top Voices in ‘Forza del Destino’”, in The Miami Herald, 59th year, number 109, page 8-B. From the entry mongress

Meaning of fetching

  1. adjective Attractive; pleasant to regard.
  2. noun The act by which something is fetched.

Full definition of fetching

Questions about fetching in a sentence

How do you use fetching in a sentence?
Fetching is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.”
What is a short sentence with fetching?
“Vikki does everything—bath-shath, breakfast, potty, dropping, fetching.”
What does fetching mean?
Fetching means attractive; pleasant to regard.

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