Sentence examples for Fetching from inspiring English sources

The word "Fetching" is correct in written English
It is often used to describe something that is attractive or charming. Example: "She wore a fetching dress that caught everyone's attention at the party."

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Fetching

verb

Present participle of fetch

Exact(60)

The Scots should be wearing belted plaid, or the rather fetching skintight tartan trews sported by Mary's father, James V. The Scotsmen tell Mary she must marry.

The women and girls were held in eight different camps for periods ranging from two days to three months, after being taken from their homes, while working on farms, fetching water or at school.

But the run-up to the return series, even though it has not even started yet, already promises to have a Nasser Hussain-era cadence to it, with reedy, schoolboy protestations of manifest improvement and bullish intent on the part of Australia giving way to the inevitable first-morning batting collapse and long, frustrating days in the field fetching balls for Alastair Cook double hundreds.

Texas gained more people than any other state, up by 4.3m to 25.1m, fetching it four more congressional seats in the House.

And the buy-out group has been adamant that it will not raise its bid again to see off Mr Icahn.The dissidents grumble that long-term shareholders are being offered a discount, not a premium: in February 2012 Dell's shares were fetching $18-plus 18-plus

This year a kilo of burley has been fetching only around $1 at auction, disregarding the official minimum of $1.76, which has swelled the ranks of Malawi's malcontents.The country still has a lot going for it.

Home water filters are fine in an emergency, but not practical for the long term especially when fetching water may take hours of walking each day.

They hope that fetching coffee and photocopying will bulk up their CVs and help secure a permanent job.

Truffles are, nevertheless, successfully being unearthed in areas not traditionally associated with their growth.Some of Oregon's truffles, for example, are fetching $400 a pound (0.45kg) this season.

In July 1996, pig meat was fetching record prices as the BSE crisis scared meat-eaters away from beef.

The central bank is seeking to offset the boost in demand that Australia will enjoy from its commodity exports, which are fetching high prices on world markets.

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