How to Use find approval/favor in a Sentence
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The trio will have to hope their projects find favor elsewhere on the ballot as well.
— Vulture, 29 Sep. 2022 -
Those same seeds may have helped ginkgo find favor with humans 1,000 years ago.
— Sarah Gibbens, Environment, 30 Nov. 2020 -
In Latter-day Saint doctrine, that pursuit is to find favor with and a spot alongside God in heaven.
— Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Sep. 2022 -
But there’s no harm in offering a few thoughts about the fall films hoping to find favor with Oscar voters in the coming months.
— Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022 -
Will any of them find favor amid the Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards?
— Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2023 -
To some extent, Gánti did not help his model find favor: he was known to be a difficult colleague.
— Michael Marshall, Science, 14 Dec. 2020 -
That proposal didn’t find favor with several countries, showing the divisions in the bloc.
— Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Bloomberg.com, 10 Feb. 2023 -
In addition to playing well with every skin tone, hairstylist Emaly Baum adds that washes of warm tones will allow this chilly trend to find favor with those who have thus far found platinum lengths out of their above-neck realm.
— Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2022 -
Voters on Tuesday have a net unfavorable opinion of Larry Elder, but the candidate does find favor with some of the groups that might be most important to his political future.
— Adam Brewster, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2021 -
In theory, the potential to enact long-term spending cuts through a commission could find favor with enough Republicans to support less austere legislation in the coming months.
— Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2023 -
These all-in-one components even find favor with seasoned audiophiles who may simply be tired of the clutter and complexity of racks, cables, cords and overbearing contraptions populating the room.
— Robert Ross, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2022 -
Foreign car makers have increasingly struggled to grow sales in their joint ventures with Chinese car manufacturers as more homegrown brands find favor among local consumers and gobble up market share.
— Selina Cheng, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2022 -
Treasuries, however, often find favor in tumultuous markets.
— Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
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