To be sure the dark-haired woman was a lovely specimen, a fine example of the lovely two-legged beasts in the herd.

"What a lovely little specimen!"

"He's a lovely specimen," she said.

In England, people hold carp tournaments, fish with carp rods and use words like lovely to describe particularly handsome specimens.

But it is most interesting as a just representation of one of the loveliest specimens of the workmanship of Nature.

"Not that there aren't some perfectly lovely specimens of the breed about."

Doubtless they're thinking what lovely new specimens we can sell them for their zoo, reflected Torrance.

You will notice a few lovely specimens there in the Gardening Exhibits).

It is commonly regarded as one of the last and loveliest specimens of this conservative strain.

There's a Brown Argus there - a lovely specimen, first I've seen this year!