ill-favored
Example Sentences
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The story tells of an ill-favored child, Marie Grosholtz, who’s born in an Alsatian village in 1761 and orphaned a few years later.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
The primary character is Marek, a uniquely homely and ill-favored young man.
From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2022
Nd8!, cheekily squatting on the Black queen’s home square and winning the ill-favored Black c-pawn after all.
From Washington Times • Nov. 23, 2021
And there came out against me a certain ill-favored Egyptian with his helpers, to fight with me.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019
And she saw the ill-favored one, whose sun-ravaged skin was healing in the citadel’s shade—though he was no more appealing for it.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
