Etymology
Origin of ill-looking
First recorded in 1625–35
Example Sentences
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I had noticed it often as I went about the city, a long grimy many-towered ill-looking place, distinct among the pallid bulks and hulks of the Commensal edifices.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
In front next to the driver slumped a desperately ill-looking man whose head lolled strangely on the seat back.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
"Not so ill-looking," she repeated, and at that her alarm reawakened.
From Lawrence Clavering by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
By daylight his countenance, though far from ill-looking, was sallow and seamed; there was a glance of admiration in his bold, dark eyes as they rested on Lurana's spirited face.
From Love Among the Lions A Matrimonial Experience by F. Anstey
But, Mr. Clavering," added the husband, with a laugh, "the painter has a wife, very young and not ill-looking; and he is very jealous.
From Lawrence Clavering by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
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