"What's being lost may not be the most significant historic buildings, but they lend character to a community."

A reading of the history lends a different character to its significance.

These amendments would lend the report a completely different character.

I much prefer the bits of me, like my nose, that lend character.

This helps lend a particular character to the language.

A more assertive dressing would lend character to the dish.

You look like hell She turned back toward her husband, wondering bitterly why the effects of stress seemed to lend character to a man's appearance.

Harsh lines of experience lent dynamic character to a face more striking than handsome.

Lucie would lend a different character to the place.

American diplomats would help mediate the findings, she said, thus lending an international character to the proceedings.