Ill Favored

For the most part, these were dark, crusty, ill-favored things, and it mattered little whether the artist attempted a still life of old wooden shoes or an interior scene of peasants consuming a frugal repast, as forms and shapes were barely discernible in his murky canvases. ❋ Jonathan Lopez (2011)

God only knows why anyone would want to conquer such an unsightly, ill-favored land. ❋ Karen Hawkins (2010)

A tall, straight-bodied, and by no means ill-favored young Highlander at close range is breath-taking. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A Highlander in full regalia is an impressive sight-any Highlander, no matter how old, ill-favored, or crabbed in appearance. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The ill-favored, grossly overweight female is the right counterpart to a gay male because, like the homosexual, she causes discomfort due to the fact that attraction can only operate in one direction. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"Fresh touch with God," by abiding in Christ, alone will keep the lean kine and the ill-favored grain out of my life. ❋ Meg (2009)

In the kinship system the protection of the weak and ill-favored was secured by placing bonds on the strong and well-favored. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[GRUMACH — ill-favored.] (which, from an obliquity in his eyes, was the personal distinction he bore in the Highlands, where titles of rank are unknown) was suspected of being a better man in the cabinet than in the field. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As if arrested by a charm, the eyes of young Philipson remained bent on this ill-omened and ill-favored bird, without his having the power to remove them. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Meanwhile, as Senator Obama spoke, Senator McCain appeared to wander aimlessly around the stage -- lurking in the shadows like a hissing "gangrel creature with an ill-favored look" -- Gollum with a mic. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This ill-favored individual, owner of a yellow countenance covered with red excrescences, to which he owed his nickname of ❋ Unknown (2007)

I am an ill-favored Spanish grandee, for whom she feels an aversion to which she will not confess. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Beauty: so Ivanhoe, who was by no means ill-favored, though now becoming rather elderly, made conquests over female breasts as well as over Saracens, and had more than one direct offer of marriage made to him by princesses, countesses, and noble ladies possessing both charms and money, which they were anxious to place at the disposal of a champion so renowned. ❋ Unknown (2006)

By the end of this initial journey, our young, ill-favored protagonist establishes himself within the hierarchy of his band. ❋ Michael Evans (2004)

That makes the world full of ill-favored children. ❋ Bronxbob350 (2006)