BECOMING in a Sentence

Learn BECOMING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for BECOMING, such as:
1. White is a very becoming color on you.
2. Mother was becoming too frail to live alone.
3. Once long ago he had considered becoming a state trooper.
4. The conflict is becoming a threat to stability in the region.
5. You look like you'd swallowed a ramrod and it isn't becoming.
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 Meanings and Examples of BECOMING
becoming
 a.  according with custom or propriety
 a.  displaying or setting off to best advantage
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He was staunchly Presbyterian, even though his family were Catholic, and the thought of his daughter becoming a nun was even worse than that of her marrying Gerald O'Hara.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
2  The rose organdie with long pink sash was becoming, but she had worn it last summer when Melanie visited Twelve Oaks and she'd be sure to remember it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
3  The green plaid taffeta, frothing with flounces and each flounce edged in green velvet ribbon, was most becoming, in fact her favorite dress, for it darkened her eyes to emerald.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
4  He threw back his head and laughed freely--yelped, was what Scarlett thought fiercely, her face becoming pink again.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  My, what a passion you are in and it's quite becoming, as you probably know.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
6  You look like you'd swallowed a ramrod and it isn't becoming.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
7  Aunt Pitty had made her a pretty green mantelet which hid her figure and a green pancake hat which matched her eyes, and she always wore these becoming garments on her business calls.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
8  She twisted about on the keg, becoming nervous and fidgety as Will still did not come.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
9  It never occurred to Melanie that she was becoming the leader of a new society.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
10  Both were very becoming to her and she knew it and took great pleasure in them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
11  He was so affronted at a Butler becoming a gambler that when I came home for the first time, he forbade my mother to see me.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
12  What was he driving at, she wondered, becoming more confused.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
13  Scarlett had never played cards before and she took to whist with joy, becoming a good player in a short time.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
14  As Bonnie grew older Scarlett tried to discipline her, tried to keep her from becoming too headstrong and spoiled, but with little success.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIX
15  He was not drinking as he had formerly, becoming increasingly more polished and biting as the liquor took hold of him, saying amusing, malicious things that made her laugh in spite of herself.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LX
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Sir William had the ability to conduct proceedings in a dignified manner without ever becoming stuffy.
2  With the current job situation, age discrimination in employment is becoming more common.
3  After working in the prison service, he joined the defence forces before becoming an intelligence agent.
4  Once long ago he had considered becoming a state trooper.
5  It is becoming almost essential for students to have a second language.
6  Mother was becoming too frail to live alone.
7  There's a danger of becoming complacent if you win a few games.
8  The big clubs are becoming increasingly impatient at the rate of progress.
9  She wanted to buy the orange dress,but we persuaded her that the blue one was more becoming.
10  Before becoming a full-blown director, he worked as the film editor on Citizen Kane.
11  The prospects for peace in the country's eight-year civil war are becoming brighter.
12  White is a very becoming color on you.
13  Some kinds of birds which were once a common sight are now becoming rare.
14  A very real danger exists of the conflict becoming internationalised.
15  The conflict is becoming a threat to stability in the region.