I am something frightful, neither man nor animal, I know not what, harder, more trampled under foot, and more
unshapely than a pebble stone!"
An hour afterwards Da Souza, with a grin of content upon his
unshapely mouth, exchanged his frock coat for a gaudy smoking-jacket, and, with a freshly-lit cigar in his mouth, took up the letters which had arrived by the evening post.
He was deep-chested, thick-legged, large-muscled, but
unshapely. His muscles were knots, and he was gnarled and knobby, twisted out of beauty by excess of strength.
She looked middle-aged and
unshapely, when he wanted youth and an exquisite loveliness.
Owing, perhaps, to this critical glance, Katharine decided that Ralph Denham's family was commonplace,
unshapely, lacking in charm, and fitly expressed by the hideous nature of their furniture and decorations.
"Cosmetic surgery is meant for very obvious flaws such as an
unshapely nose, loose skin on eyelids, or small chin."
* Lightly prune back any
unshapely growth on your shrubs to improve their appearance and encourage the development of a fuller plant.
More masses of
unshapely human beings caused further horrific scenes.
For both the individual and humanity as a whole, the practical test of living will show whether a particular approach to truth--however
unshapely it may seem--may unlock the door of the world (Everlasting Man 214-15).
Here, destiny, industry, idleness, form, and ornament converge in a screed against
unshapely moral character.
Quince (my grandmother called it hawthorn) can be
unshapely, and it has thorns, but when your heart yearns for spring, quince will defy the cold and brighten the world with bright red or rosy-pink blossoms.