Sentence examples for lovely without from inspiring English sources

And the images, of verdant Denmark and parched Africa, are lovely without being too ostentatiously gorgeous.

This is, apparently, an audacious decision on the part of the magazine and the stars, happily justified by the fact that both women look precisely as lovely without make-up as they do in full red-carpet regalia.

As our meal unfolded, amid a flurry of comings and goings by customers and the wait staff, the northern Italian-accented food was virtually flawless and the presentations were lovely without looking fussed over.

The hilly landscapes are lovely without being picturesque (none of that travel-ad Irish green); the interiors are illuminated by natural light seeping through the windows, without the usual artificial "fill" that pulls faces, or corners of rooms, out of the shadows.

Old and lovely without being cutesy or pretentious, relaxed but high functioning, cared for but not precious, fossilized or overrestored, New Castle is a rarity: a model of historical preservation and small-town civility in which the owner of that adorable brick Federal or imposing ivy-covered Victorian is more likely to drive a pickup truck than a BMW.

Because online shopping carts are virtual, Wish Listers feel a sense of ownership over the items they place in there, allowing them to experience a bit of the high of purchasing something lovely without having to actually pull the trigger.

In further evidence that designers find it impossible to leave this stretch of the Thames alone, Thomas Heatherwick and Dan Pearson proposed a garden bridge over the river, a possibly lovely idea that would be lovelier without the sci-fi mushrooms with which Heatherwick is proposing to hold it up.

I did manage a 40-minute conversation with a lovely woman without blathering on about Nick.

Cinematographer Dick Pope pulls off some lovely scenes without ever giving his images a misjudged "painterliness".

My in-laws are lovely people, without a passive-aggressive bone in their bodies.

Peter Brooke, who directed, employs a technique somewhat reminiscent of Joan Littlewood's "Oh What a Lovely War," without the funniness.