telegenic

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Recent Examples of telegenic Like Ted Baxter of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lawlor’s character was dim but telegenic, and more often than not conflicted with Leachman’s widowed Phyllis Leachman. Greg Evans, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2025 Those different facets of Tom’s appeal will all come into play when a dangerously idyllic young family arrives at the resort — the kind whose telegenic beauty would almost feel wasted if it weren’t being used to hide an ugly secret of some kind. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025 Trump’s world is one where off-the-cuff statements can be massaged, and his telegenic cabinet overturn the paradigms of global security hourly, without major consequence. Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025 Americans came to know their presidential mother as Miss Lillian, a telegenic celebrity with a quick, sometimes salty, wit. Bill Marsh, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for telegenic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for telegenic
Adjective
  • The towering sea stacks and the romantic backdrop of the Pacific Ocean make this one of the most photogenic spots on the Olympic Peninsula.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 7 July 2025
  • Further south is on one of the most breathtaking roads in America, the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton may be one of the most photogenic mountains in the world.
    Robert Annis, Outside Online, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • If the team were inclined to bolster that position, Auburn’s Ike Irish and North Carolina’s Luke Stevenson would each be attractive options.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 13 July 2025
  • The bulk of the lunar material falls into orbit around the more gravitationally attractive sun.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 13 July 2025
Adjective
  • At a glance Really good-looking car Nothing special under the hood OK, but not great fuel economy Drives and feels really good for the price Historically, low-cost, compact cars have been all kinds of boring: boring to look at, boring to drive, boring to talk about.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 July 2025
  • Insulating, sound-proof, lightweight, good-looking: the bark of the evergreen oak Quercus suber has been used for millennia as a construction material.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • Night Light® is a handsome, compact variety, producing radiant golden foliage that takes on bronze and chartreuse hues in winter.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
  • The main building for what is now the Austin State Hospital is a handsome neoclassical structure designed for the asylum that chartered in 1856.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 4 July 2025
Adjective
  • The translator need only find the right verbal stones and install them in comely sentences, in cadences that mirror the author’s own, and Mishima’s voice will emerge.
    Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
  • This road car with racetrack roots emerged as a shot across the bow of Jaguar after its comely E-type was unveiled at the 1961 Geneva Motor show.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2024
Adjective
  • Jinkx had a beautiful showing in a season where the queens all got to just show their best every week.
    EW.com, EW.com, 9 July 2025
  • When will Trump's 'big, beautiful' bill go into effect?
    Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • At first, the breathless news stories seemed charming and harmless.
    David W. Brown, New Yorker, 5 July 2025
  • This adorably resilient and charming 7-year-old Australian Cattle Dog has been waiting for her forever home at the Arizona Humane Society since March - much too long for such a loving pup.
    AZCentral.com, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • Knife sets, coffee makers, and pretty plates round out the non-regrettable basics to pick up.
    Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 8 July 2025
  • Finally, in the 27th minute, Marcel Ruiz played a pretty entry pass into the box, where Raúl Jiménez did wonderfully to turn and sting a left-footed shot past Matt Freese just inches in front of the shin of Tim Ream, who rushed to try to block the shot of his former Fulham teammate.
    Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 7 July 2025

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“Telegenic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telegenic. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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