Example Sentences

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“FATHER OF THE YEAR” opens with unpretty views of a trailer park and a grungy, longhaired David Spade slinking about.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2018

As a child, I was an easy mark for playground torments: smart, insufferably rule-abiding, decidedly unpretty.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2018

It’s more important in the end that UnREAL feels true to its characters–people of varying degrees who want things, and are driven by that wanting to make unpretty choices.

From Time • Jun. 1, 2015

Gurley Brown described herself as a former "Mouseburger" — "unpretty, unspecial, unformed" — who triumphed over her natural disadvantages.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2014

Ifemelu stared out of the window, half listening, thinking how unpretty Lagos was, roads infested with potholes, houses springing up unplanned like weeds.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie