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US
/bɪˈkəmɪŋ/
]
[ UK /bɪkˈʌmɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /bɪkˈʌmɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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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 -
displaying or setting off to best advantage
a becoming portrait
a becoming new shade of rose
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.
- The deadline for acceptance of the offer is Thursday afternoon, but both sides have claimed they have the upper hand in a takeover battle which is becoming increasingly bitter.
- She was already well on her way to becoming an amazon beauty, with long slender legs, perfect, glowing skin and light brown hair with copper streaks cascading over her broad shoulders.
- Alsace is becoming established as a reliable, perhaps even the most reliable, wine bar white available.
- In the film "Becoming Chaz," a documentary about Chaz Bono's female-to-male FTM gender reassignment that aired in May on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, the arduous trek of coming out as transgender was captured. Irene Monroe: Chaz Comes Out Dancing
- 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.