Example Sentences

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A 19th-Century Anglo-Indian journal derided the voices of boys playing women as "discordant", comparing them unfavourably to "howling jackals".

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

The tribunal found that there were alternative toilets Kelly could use and she was not treated unfavourably.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

The 1980s investigation in effect exonerated Adams and portrayed Malone unfavourably.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2023

Zaluzhnyi and Zabrodskyi conceded that Ukraine was positioned "extremely unfavourably" on two eastern frontlines, around the towns of Bakhmut and Izyum.

From Reuters • Sep. 7, 2022

But against this there were objections; and she finally resolved that it could be the last resource, if her private enquiries to the absence of the family were unfavourably answered.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen