Examples of unflattering in a Sentence
She was wearing the most unflattering outfit.
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The other side: Ayotte's ads have put an unflattering spotlight on the state's largest city, Manchester, where Craig was mayor from 2018 to the beginning of this year.
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Mike Deehan, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Trump’s interactions with his late brother Freddy (Charlie Carrick) are, to put it mildly, unflattering (though pale in comparison with how Freddy is treated by his father).
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2024
The consequences are dire indeed, with Uncle Phil (James Avery) losing business, Ashley (Tatyana Ali) breaking her ankle, Carlton (Alfonso Ribeiro) dyeing his hair an unflattering shade of blonde for a Macaulay Culkin costume gone wrong and Aunt Vivian (Janet Hubert) kicking Will out of the house.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Here too the suffragist is associated with a black cat, to unflattering, ridiculous effect.
—Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
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Mike Deehan, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Trump’s interactions with his late brother Freddy (Charlie Carrick) are, to put it mildly, unflattering (though pale in comparison with how Freddy is treated by his father).
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2024
The consequences are dire indeed, with Uncle Phil (James Avery) losing business, Ashley (Tatyana Ali) breaking her ankle, Carlton (Alfonso Ribeiro) dyeing his hair an unflattering shade of blonde for a Macaulay Culkin costume gone wrong and Aunt Vivian (Janet Hubert) kicking Will out of the house.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Here too the suffragist is associated with a black cat, to unflattering, ridiculous effect.
—Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Unflattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unflattering. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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