Example sentences for: homely

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

  • The homely Louisiana woman ensnared numerous Hollywood men into obsessive telephone affairs during the '80s.

  • 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.

  • Lidie is tall, homely, a tomboy--and somewhat anachronistically aware of all the 19 th century clothing and marriage customs that infantilize women.

  • 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.

  • Griffiths, who played a free spirit in Muriel's Wedding (1994) and the simpy Hilary du Pré in last year's Hilary and Jackie , has a large nose and receding chin and looks quite homely from one or two angles.


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