prepossessed
Example Sentences
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Studying them through the glasses, Grahame saw they had an unkempt appearance, and he was not prepossessed in favor of the one whom he took to be the captain.
From The Coast of Adventure by Harold Bindloss
Also she was very evidently prepossessed in favor of the man who had saved her from the river.
From On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents by William Nelson Taft
As Finlay was prepossessed with the governor's plans, the governor set about putting them into execution.
From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Sir William Smith
His hair, and the wispy scraps of beard stuck about his parchment-coloured visage, were of a neutral tint; and a snub nose, and projecting lower jaw, in no wise prepossessed one towards the individual.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford
Tho’ I am extremely prepossessed in Favour of England and Englishmen; yet I cannot help agreeing with many others, that they are more amiable, and more sociable Abroad, than they are at Home.
