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How to use prepossessing in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word prepossessing? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
Flightless, fangless, clawless, slow, and weak, he isn't physically prepossessing.
He took a quiet sip, his wide, prepossessing brown eyes scanning Carnon's swiftly and sharply.
Gap-toothed, bold in face, and of a ruddy complexion, the Wife was no longer prepossessing in appearance, if she ever had been.
I've just looked at the pictures of the fish, and it looks even less prepossessing than it did in the flesh, so to speak.
She is neither particularly prepossessing in her appearance nor outwardly warm, as even David admits remembering his first acquaintance with her.
Adams had never been a physically prepossessing man, even in his prime.
He's ditched the Mother Bates outfit for jeans and a crewneck body-hugging sweater, but at over six feet of coiled spring intensity, he is still extremely prepossessing.
While not physically prepossessing and perhaps less obviously glamorous than her contemporaries, she is aging beautifully, and it is a pleasure to see her work.
The impressive group of works which forms the core of the exhibition is accompanied by others less prepossessing and of sometimes doubtful relevance.
Not very prepossessing to look at but this hard, round hairy ball is so versatile you will never look at it the same way again after reading this column.
They were given a table with a prepossessing view of the sea and of the Syrian mountains.
His appearance was, of course, prepossessing — his huge body clothed entirely in white, his signature snap-brim cap above a dark black beard.
The compound's neighborhood, called Bilal Town, isn't prepossessing.
He was a frank, prepossessing fellow, but I saw that he could add nothing to his original account.
These natural graces in the quadroon are often united with beauty of the most dazzling kind, and in almost every case with a personal appearance prepossessing and agreeable.
Examples from Classical Literature
Farley was far from prepossessing either in appearance or words or actions.
There was a scar on one cheek, and, altogether, he was not very prepossessing in his appearance.
They certainly were not a prepossessing or good-natured acquisition to the party.
His appearance and manner were prepossessing, and we at once became intimate.
These are planarian worms, and though not of prepossessing appearance generally, are extremely interesting animals to study.
But neither is his late partner, whom he denounces, a prepossessing person.
He looked very good-natured and prepossessing, though overpoweringly gay and free, in contrast with the squalid prison.
In repose the faces of the men were intelligent and dignified, those of the women ofttimes prepossessing.
As we approached the ship, her appearance was not prepossessing.
They were, all in all, the least prepossessing group he had ever seen.
Mr. Errett's personal appearance is striking and prepossessing.
I assumed a form most prepossessing and most amiable in her eyes.
He was wise, brave, ambitious and most prepossessing in appearance.
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