"So many talents in such an unprepossessing body!". From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
But they saw none of the unprepossessing creatures. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Florida Or, Wintering in the Sunny South] Reference
It was as unprepossessing within as it was outside. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
This person's appearance was extremely unprepossessing. From Wordnik.com. [A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America] Reference
By all accounts, he was an easygoing, unprepossessing soul. From Wordnik.com. [Back To Basics] Reference
Socrates was good, seeing he was so unprepossessing in appearance. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Fairfield at the words and the look of the unprepossessing stranger. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
Altogether his appearance was remarkably unprepossessing and commonplace. From Wordnik.com. [The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891] Reference
Yet, is not even his every-day clothing unseemly, or his aspect unprepossessing. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827] Reference
"And you be Miss Dorothy, I suspect," he went on with a most unprepossessing leer. From Wordnik.com. [Heiress of Haddon] Reference
His disheveled hair and burning eyes gave an unprepossessing touch to the picture. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
Before him stood a blowsy but not altogether unprepossessing woman of middle years. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure] Reference
To lessen the impression from one unprepossessing in aspect, "some fixing up" was compulsory. From Wordnik.com. [The Lincoln Story Book] Reference
The Muslim orphanage in the southern Philippine town of Cotabato is an unprepossessing place. From Wordnik.com. [Taking From The Poor] Reference
In spite of the rather unprepossessing appearance of the youth the girls were glad to see him. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Florida Or, Wintering in the Sunny South] Reference
His personal appearance was, it must be candidly owned, certainly insignificant and unprepossessing. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847] Reference
With the incident of the consecration, as successor, of an unprepossessing intruder, compare the tale of. From Wordnik.com. [The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints] Reference
"H'm! pretty clever of Sheldon," sneered a stout, unprepossessing boy, who seemed to be always scowling. From Wordnik.com. [The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island] Reference
Rude and unprepossessing to others, she was sincerely loved by her husband, and deeply lamented when she died. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction] Reference
The tree is crooked and very unprepossessing looking, and stands in the woods where it has a very poor chance. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911] Reference
The women are untidy and unprepossessing, and the children have not yet learned to appreciate stockings and shoes. From Wordnik.com. [The Boer in Peace and War] Reference
He was, the shepherd says, the best dog he ever saw, in spite of his surly manners and unprepossessing appearance. From Wordnik.com. [A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals] Reference
Haroun, looking sternly at Hunoman, who was a stout man of middle height, and not unprepossessing appearance, said. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Caliph] Reference
A more miserably clad, wretchedly provided, and unprepossessing military host, probably never entered a civilized city. From Wordnik.com. [What I Saw in California] Reference
Majorca, Stanhope was constrained to embark upon a small vessel, the appearance of which was singularly unprepossessing. From Wordnik.com. [The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1] Reference
"The entrance to my mountain eyrie is narrow and unprepossessing, but I promise you that you shall find comfort within.". From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
He was always an unprepossessing figure, even during the late 1990s, when he and his followers ruled most of Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysterious Mullah Omar] Reference
He had already racked his brain repeatedly in a vain struggle to recall where he had seen that unprepossessing face before. From Wordnik.com. [Salvage for the Saint]
But a few years from now, much of the baby-boom generation may be greatly indebted to this unprepossessing little creature. From Wordnik.com. [THE QUEST FOR MEMORY DRUGS] Reference
He shrank from any reference to his looks; Justine fancied he would far rather have been born ugly, totally unprepossessing. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
Dugingi was a semi-civilized black of about the middle age, powerfully made, and decidedly unprepossessing in his appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter] Reference
When I left the door next morning I saw striding towards me through the mud a very begrimed and unprepossessing-looking figure. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference
This man was of a desperate and unprepossessing appearance, and a bulge under his coat suggested the possible presence of a weapon. From Wordnik.com. [The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery] Reference
Beyond this unprepossessing mess lay a wide expanse of muddy grey water sliding sluggishly by with dark wooded hills on the far side. From Wordnik.com. [Longshot]
Fret Offut arose from his unwelcome bath, dripping from head to foot with the nasty mess, presenting a most unprepossessing appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Jack North's Treasure Hunt Or, Daring Adventures in South America] Reference
But if Louis XVI was awkward and unprepossessing he had the kindest manners in the world, and when Mr. Jefferson presented Mr. Calvert to. From Wordnik.com. [Calvert of Strathore] Reference
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