Sentence examples for handsome specimen from inspiring English sources

The Iberian pig, which is descended from the wild boar of southern Europe, is not a handsome specimen.

The outdoor plantings are surprisingly rich, considering the northern climate (latitude 55° N); except for summer annuals, all plants, including many handsome specimen trees, are perennials.

When it arrives, under a white china dome, a clean jerk reveals a handsome specimen, a barnyard take on the jelly roll.

I looked at a tall, handsome specimen, its spreading upper limbs smooth ivory, stripped of bark, while lower down the process of bark-shedding in ribbons left an irregular pattern of stripes and patches in shades of grey, brown and red, with a ragged litter around the base.

As we walked through the "amazing garden" that had arisen from the seeds she planted twenty-eight years earlier with her four linen pieces, Eileen would pause before a rack of clothes to touch a sleeve or take the fabric between her fingers, making appreciative murmurs, as someone on a garden tour might make standing before an especially handsome specimen.

For a start, all the men, albeit young, handsome specimens, had been hired for the occasion by the magazine.

Consolloy lists numerous handsome specimens removed, including a centuries-old red oak that did not survive the construction of Whitman College and the largest Chinese toon tree on the East Coast, displaced by the Richard Serra sculpture next to Lewis Library.

Far from being as it name suggests, white, the handsome domed specimen at Kew was covered in deep red and purple autumn foliage.

Unknown to the Garnseys — and probably most New Yorkers — there is a handsome bear specimen not far from Wall Street, in the Alfred E. Smith Playground at Catherine and Monroe Streets.

Chefs across the country are showcasing handsome, meaty specimens in a rainbow of colors, dressed and garnished without a sliver of meat or fish.

In the heyday of quiz shows in the 1950s, when scholarly housewives and walking encyclopedia nerds battled on "The $64,000 Question" and "Tic-Tac-Dough," Mr. Van Doren was a rare specimen: a handsome, personable young intellectual with solid academic credentials, a faculty post at a prestigious university and an impressive family pedigree.