"'I don't know what you call youngish,' he laughed, 'my master's turned sixty, and his wife's as old.'. From Wordnik.com. [East Lynne, or, The Earl's Daughter] Reference
He was described as youngish by the doctor in the hospital. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2006] Reference
Langhorne proved to be a tall, rather slim, man of what might be called youngish middle age. From Wordnik.com. [The Ear in the Wall] Reference
He was a kind of youngish man, and was mighty rich. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives] Reference
This was a youngish man, fair haired and clean shaven. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
He is a youngish man with a square face, and was well dressed. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
He was fairly tall, dark-haired, fairly well dressed and youngish. From Wordnik.com. [The Vatican Rip]
So, you sees, my youngish friends, dat oders suffer like yourselfs. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History.] Reference
“A manservant with very fair hair and pink cheeks, youngish …”. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Apparition]
I became aware of a youngish veteran, tough and big-boned, growling at me. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Boy]
Instead I got the high-pitched tones of a youngish man who said, 'FLAC here. From Wordnik.com. [Rumpole and the Reign of Terror]
A youngish man, very smooth, a world away from rough, tough, wily Tom Garvey. From Wordnik.com. [Whip Hand]
Which, in politics, business and finance, might qualify as young, or youngish. From Wordnik.com. [Surf's Up!] Reference
What's the area like for a youngish couple late 20's and thinking about children?. From Wordnik.com. [Real Estate Live] Reference
But, nevaire mind dat, my youngish friends: cheer oop and be gays -- toujours gai!. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History.] Reference
Well, I suppose, obviously for youngish women, Julia Roberts is probably as good. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 31, 2001] Reference
Two youngish men were walking up the steps into the shop, while a third stood outside. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreaming Void]
The clerk was a chubby, blandly happy, youngish man who bowed his head as Candron approached. From Wordnik.com. [What The Left Hand Was Doing] Reference
The newcomer, a youngish, long-nosed woman with a mass of incredibly red hair, spoke hurriedly. From Wordnik.com. [A Crown of Swords]
So I went to Mr. Orchard, a youngish sort of man, very pleasant, but slicker than Nesbitt himself. From Wordnik.com. [Sunny Slopes] Reference
Jury turned to see a youngish woman with fire-brigade curls eyeing him, the eyes outlined in black. From Wordnik.com. [the deer leap]
Turns out the backing band is the Drive-By Truckers, a well-respected, youngish Southern-rock group. From Wordnik.com. [New Albums By Booker T. And Allen Toussaint] Reference
NEAVE: The nose is quite prominent, and a full mouth, a youngish face, between 30 and 40, I suppose. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2006] Reference
Cameron's brain trust of young (or youngish) modernizers even considered renaming the party, a la Blair. From Wordnik.com. [The Cameron Effect] Reference
There is something, I know not what, delicate and knightly in this title, which suits a youngish bachelor. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Well, I was sitting next to a youngish guy at one of the sessions and our discussion veered to colonizing Mars. From Wordnik.com. [Patrick Takahashi: The Singularity Summit 2010] Reference
He was an aggressive, youngish fellow with a sharp, sallow face and a black, bristly moustache, cut very short. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
HATTAWAY: He's a youngish elder statesmen if you will with expertise on a lot of critical issues like national security. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2006] Reference
Judge Thornton, white-headed, fresh-faced, as good at sixty as he was at forty, with a youngish second wife, and one noble daughter. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860] Reference
These youngish middle-class types have a taste for Fair Trade coffee and Iranian cinema, and wherever they settle, prices head north. From Wordnik.com. [Following the Bobos to Greener Pastures] Reference
Intelligence officer: youngish men most of them, sallow-skinned, with any arrogance they may have possessed knocked out of them by now. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
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