well-favoured
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Ingleby was a well-favoured man, and physical effort and endurance with a wholesome singleness of purpose had set a stamp on him that almost amounted to distinction.
From Delilah of the Snows by Bindloss, Harold
He was a well-favoured young man, with an honest, sun-bronzed face.
From For Jacinta by Bindloss, Harold
If now, I write what seems not well-favoured, most merciful prince, vouchsafe to ascribe it to the counsel of a dead heart, and to a mind that sorrow hath confounded.
From State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) by Stephen, Harry Lushington, Sir
On the second of these Tuesday gatherings which I was privileged to attend, Joanna presented me to two well-favoured young women, the daughters, I gathered, of people who had country places near by.
From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John
He is indeed a right well-favoured boy," replied Mr. Fairfax, "and one calculated to win his way to a colder heart than that of a maiden near his own age.
From The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion by Caruthers, William A. (Alexander)
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