How to Use lovely in a Sentence
- The song has a lovely melody.
- How lovely of you to come!
- It was lovely to have you here!
- The hotel has a lovely view.
- She was wearing a lovely dress.
- We enjoyed a lovely dinner.
- Their children have lovely manners.
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Both quite lovely but not the same.
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Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2026
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Oh, what a lovely thing to say.
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Senior Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Have a lovely day and do keep in touch.
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Ed Silverman,
STAT,
23 Apr. 2026
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It's been a long and lovely day.
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Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Come and meet this lovely girl.
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Maryanne Dell,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
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Awards are both mad and lovely.
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Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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Very lovely, in the way of fine art.
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Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Rest in peace my lovely friend.
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Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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The whole thing has just been so lovely.
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Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
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And it’s been a lovely day at the fair.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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There are some straights who are lovely.
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Dawnie Jefferson,
Refinery29,
29 Jan. 2026
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Which is all very lovely if not a tad staid.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Apr. 2026
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That’s the loveliest thing about it.
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Reshma Gopaldas,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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There’s a lovely rooftop bar with views across the city.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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Hard pass on the gator, but the rest of it sounds lovely.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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By the way, Paul is such a lovely guy.
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Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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This lovely cake will be the belle of the ball at any spring soiree.
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Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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The outdoor pool is just as lovely too.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Feb. 2026
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This loaf is tall and has a lovely, crackly crisp crust.
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R29 Team,
Refinery29,
19 Sep. 2025
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Sacrament is a lovely word to say aloud.
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Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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All of these lovely cartridges were gone with the wind.
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Jack O'Connor,
Outdoor Life,
24 Sep. 2025
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Her chin-length bob is face-framing and lovely.
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Krista Carter,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
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His wife is lovely, and my daughter gets along well with her.
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Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
22 Dec. 2023
- A chorus line of young lovelies danced on the stage.
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So who are these lovelies with whom May has to make common cause in order to stay as prime minister?
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Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire,
9 June 2017
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Here are some of the lovelies that were arrested recently -- the Berkeley deal.
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Fox News,
29 Aug. 2018
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Lunch or dinner isn’t complete without a stop at the pretty-as-a-picture pastry case, with lovelies like chocolate caramel tartlets lined up inside.
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Carol Deptolla,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
15 Sep. 2017
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The Observer resolved then and there to award these two lovelies his first Mellow MoonPie award, for grit and glimmer in the face of death.
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The Masked Observer,
AL.com,
31 Jan. 2018
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But the 27-year-old Alabama man didn’t see through on that promise and ended up staying in Fiji and hooking up with other lovelies.
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Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
27 Oct. 2025
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Of these desirable lovelies, only Mabel (who is also played by the gamely resourceful Omar) opens her heart to poor forlorn Freddy.
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Charles McNulty,
latimes.com,
26 Jan. 2018
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Simon Adingra opened the scoring for Sunderland here, after a lovely through ball from their best player this season, Granit Xhaka.
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Michael Cox,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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