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Example sentences for: homely

How can you use “homely” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

As a junior editor at Vanity Fair , Clare started an affair with the managing editor, Donald Freeman, who was brainy, homely, and enthralled by her.
The homely domestic details of this poem, the shawl and the vase, convey a dire, steely perception: that life's sweetness may run out long before the duties.
There are realities, homely details, and gorgeous originalities alongside the more sentimental visions.
The homely Louisiana woman ensnared numerous Hollywood men into obsessive telephone affairs during the '80s.
Harvard government professor Michael Sandel puts some NYT op-ed space to good use today with some useful homely examples suggesting what's wrong with the emissions credit system the U.S. is advocating as a significant element in its greenhouse gas control approach.