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Significats de frumpy en anglès

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Examples for "dowdy"
Examples for "dowdy"
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She hadn't yet introduced her guest: a dowdy dishwater-blonde with bad posture.
The next to die
2
They do not dress well; they look altogether somewhat dowdy and commonplace.
Evergreens
3
They live in a dowdy tenement, and are as poor as crows.
Without a Home
4
The dowdy little woman answered her indifferently, staring at her a little.
The Shuttle
5
The tiny Twizy is a faster, sportier interpretation of the dowdy NEV.
Wired
1
Mrs. Flint was a rather frumpish individual, who always gave the impression of pieced-out dressmaking.
The Blood Red Dawn
2
The best people had played frumpish parts then.
Broken to the Plow / A Novel
3
Two well-muscled slaves fanned her with palms, giving her the look of some despotic yet frumpish eastern queen.
Roma Victrix
4
She really looks a little frumpish out-of-doors, and perhaps that is why papa went on to Mrs. Carruthers.
Red Hair
5
It does seem odd and frumpish not to be in Scotland, but motoring covers a multitude of social sins.
Set in Silver
Ús de frumpy en anglès
1
A rather frumpy old bachelor, with thinning hair and a thickening neck.
One Basket
2
The frumpy blonde stood by her station wagon, staring back at her.
The next to die
3
She is frumpy enough for anything; and you call that an engagement?
The Heart of Una Sackville
4
The frumpy man before him was a gift from Aziz's newest benefactor.
Transfer of power
5
Opting for the wrong foundation can render a gorgeous dress unflattering and frumpy.
The Irish Times
6
She has never ceased to talk about the frumpy crowd she met there.
Contrary Mary
7
The Rondo was once as frumpy and forgettable as its manufacturer.
BBC
8
Also those fake flowers on your blouse make you look frumpy.
The Perfectionists
9
She's such a beautiful woman and that makes her look old and frumpy.
The Guardian
10
But you can look frumpy and still walk natural, can't you?
The Perfectionists
11
In college, this type-pasty ,bilious ,andfrumpy-isconstantly sick from fall to spring.
Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
12
For starters, she's extremely fit and glamorous, while I feel fat and frumpy.
News.com.au
13
Have good posture: Avoid slouching, as it can make you look insecure and frumpy.
The South African
14
She was dressed like an East German, frumpy and proletarian.
The arms maker of berlin
15
That was the smile she gave when frumpy full-time mothers tried to befriend her.
Babyville
16
Margaret O'Brien was sixty-eight, frumpy, a little overweight, but still confident on her feet.
Apocalypse of the Dead
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