Sentence examples for as fetching as from inspiring English sources

And most are turning their backs on the once-customary aerodynamic helmets and latex shorts in favor of a look as fetching as it is genteel.

The mandate for choosing the items for sale seems to be that everything must be as fetching as it is functional.

For all those who have stared mournfully at a pair of skinny jeans, knowing their legs would look about as fetching as two hams in a wetsuit.

"Charlie's Angels" (2001) promptly ripped off Trinity's suspended kick, but as fetching as Cameron Diaz might look in midair with her long legs extended, there's no reason (literal or poetic) for her ability to stop time.

A handful of examples: an 800-year-old Peruvian, feather-patterned woolen mantle as fetching as any modern designer shawl, at Gail Martin Gallery; a Balinese silk ikat-weave woman's shoulder or breast cloth, from the late 19th or early 20th century, at Apsara Arts of Asia; and a 19th-century hand-stitched woman's tunic, from Bhutan, at Thomas Mond Carpets and Textiles.

The pink-gold "cathedral" hands and numerals give it a touch of color as fetching as a debutante's blush, contrasting with the icy sheen of the platinum case.

Some beachfront spreads are fetching as much as $8 million.

But a week later, in cooler weather, peaches were fetching as much as $18.

The birds continued to be captured illegally, however, with specimens smuggled out of Brazil fetching as much as $1,800 each.

Six people have offered to sell their votes for president on the Internet this week, fetching as much as $10,100 before the online auctioneer eBay canceled the bidding.

"A 100-pound bag of rice that sold for $16 in August was fetching as much as $38 by December," Mrs. de Cordova complained.