hard-favored
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hard-favored
First recorded in 1505–15
Example Sentences
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But as the people changed, changed also were the Twain, small and misshapen, hard-favored and unyielding of will, strong of spirit, evil and bad.
From Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest by Katharine Berry Judson
Late one autumn evening, a tall, bony, hard-favored man was observed making his way into the outskirts of the place.
From The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Harriet Beecher Stowe
They had a hard-favored grimness and taciturnity that with their mountain scenery reminded me of New England now and again, and gave me the bewildered sense of having dropped down in some little anterior America.
From A Little Swiss Sojourn by William Dean Howells
A more hard-favored set, perhaps, could not be imagined.
From Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
A mop of iron-gray hair gave a grisly finish to this hard-favored visage.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American by Julian Hawthorne
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