[ US /bɪˈkəmɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /bɪkˈʌmɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. according with custom or propriety
    comely behavior
    it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money
    seemly behavior
    her becoming modesty
  2. displaying or setting off to best advantage
    a becoming portrait
    a becoming new shade of rose
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How To Use becoming In A Sentence

  • They are essential atmospheric cladding which prevents the earth from becoming a frozen planet.
  • One of the nastiest is the way in which male honour is seen as bound up with female behaviour so that any supposed compromise or scandal in what happens to women, even becoming a rape victim, justifies violence against them as well as against their abusers or seducers; hence the 'honour killings' of young girls that disfigure some societies even today. Temple Address: "Becoming Trustworthy: Respect and Self-Respect" Church House
  • The Subaru then veered across the road and hit a telegraph pole, eventually becoming lodged between the pole and a tree.
  • Life itself, without the assistance of colleges and universities, is becoming an advanced institution of learning.
  • But of time and of becoming shall the best similes speak: a praise shall they be, and a justification of all perishableness! Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none
  • People are becoming more sensitized to the dangers threatening the environment.
  • More than 26,000 people made the trip to inspect the acers and aspidistras at what is fast becoming one of the best, and best-loved, horticultural events in the North of England.
  • Bull calves from dairy herds are usually castrated, becoming steers, and sent to feedlots, where they are fattened for slaughter, usually before the age of 2.
  • He started work there when he was 14, becoming general manager at 21.
  • It is no more a sign of weakness to change leadership in wartime if success depends on it than it is to remove a baseball pitcher who is getting shelled in order to prevent the game from becoming hopelessly lost.
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