Example Sentences

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If I ever felt out of place, unpretty, unseen, I could always hum a Houston tune and know that I was none of those things.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2022

It’s clear that Ms. Schumer knows a thing or two about sexist ideologies, real power struggles and all the deeply unfunny, unpretty rest.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2018

So you are unlikely to find photos of old-fashioned sherry trifles, unpretty Irish stew or traditional meat-and-two-veg meals, unless it’s in a shrewdly ironic way.

From The Guardian • Nov. 2, 2016

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

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