ugly duckling

Example Sentences

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Have warm feelings toward Copenhagen’s favorite son, Hans Christian Andersen, and his little tales about lovelorn mermaids and ugly ducklings?

From Los Angeles Times

I drove around downtown Los Angeles on a recent Friday morning looking for one of the Civic Center’s ugly ducklings.

From Los Angeles Times

In fact, Callas made herself out of what she considered to be an ugly duckling.

From Los Angeles Times

"It is an incredibly difficult thing to go from turning that person from an ugly duckling into a swan."

From BBC

The bewitchingly fragrant fruit — a relative of apples and pears — does go through an ugly duckling phase, Walden acknowledges.

From Seattle Times