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• Character and behaviour are more important than appearance.

  ‘It’s a very handsome looking camera but, as the saying goes, handsome is as handsome does.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘He didn't look overly impressive when beating Straw Bear at Sandown last month but handsome is as handsome does and Philip Hobbs’ grey still got the job done.’
  • ‘Blandford resident Sue Joyal and her stallion, WBM's Commodore, prove handsome is as handsome does.’
  • ‘If handsome is as handsome does, in this case handsome does very well indeed.’
  • ‘"Handsome is as handsome does, sweetheart," she pleaded, interceding for the orphan with arms that were still beautiful.’
  • ‘He's a handsome man, not as handsome perhaps as my real father but handsome is as handsome does and this man is no philanderer, he cherishes Mother.’