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good-looking - use in sentences

Infinitive complement

  • hold: A subtly slimmed-down version of the above combining a wine bar and restaurant sufficiently good-looking to hold its own in this trendy area.

Modifies a noun

  • guy: Me, this short, not very good-looking guy is going out with a princess.
  • actor: The play involves a kissing scene with a good-looking actor.
  • girl: During dinner I was waited upon by the daughter of the landlady, a good-looking merry girl of twenty.
  • man: He was a good-looking, polite man with serious, intense eyes.
  • boy: For a moment my breath was taken away, for sat staring up at me was a very good-looking teenage boy.
  • woman: Shelly McKenzie Shelly McKenzie is a good-looking woman, that's for certain.

Modifying Another Word

  • particularly: Not a particularly good-looking man, there was nothing showbiz about the beard which was dark and covered all the right places.
  • rather: He was called Andrew: a solid, rather good-looking young man who was on the committee of the Fabian Society at College.
  • quite: At the offices of The Rockall Times, Major told security: " What about this one, she's quite good-looking there.
  • very: Some of the girls were very good-looking; none of the party had any English; all of them were very civil.
  • so: The main reason for going is to see the company - they are just so good-looking and have such panache.
  • really: Has being really good-looking ever stopped you being taken seriously?

Preposition: in

  • way: I see all over again that he's good-looking in a way that not everybody would notice.

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