ill favor
Example Sentences
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But Congressman Mills, for all his knowledge and dexterity with figures, had a manner that got him into ill favor with his colleagues, antagonized those with whom he had to work.
From Time Magazine Archive
Governor Norman has been in increasing ill favor with a section of the British Press.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the 19th century, narrative paintings were used to please and instruct, yet the genre fell into ill favor with the advent of the moderns.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nothing but her ill favor in the village had saved her.
From Jane Field A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
The first move is much in our favor, for the accusation made the King extremely angry, and the British Ambassador is in ill favor to-day.
From Princess Maritza by Brebner, Percy James
