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Example sentences for "general favourite"

  • This, though well known and a general favourite, is not seen in the broad masses which ought to characterise its culture.

  • Handsome in person, and frank in manners, he was a general favourite.

  • Amongst the respectable portion of his flock he was a general favourite, and all the young ladies, as young ladies will, worked with and for him; not only in the matter of schools, but in slippers and purses.

  • He preferred, remaining in the army, and being a general favourite in society, and having no near relations in Wales, it never occurred to him to spend his furloughs in his native county.

  • Reginald Kavanagh was a general favourite in the family, with whom he had twice been to stay in the holidays.

  • For he had taken a great fancy to Kavanagh, who, indeed, was a general favourite.

  • I felt much for de Bizemont: he had become a general favourite, and I had received him con amore as one of our party.

  • I was told by the colonel, Raouf Bey, that if a black soldier were punished, his comrades would probably mutiny, should he be a general favourite.

  • Cherri-Merri was a general favourite, and he was to form the nucleus for the commencement of a school.

  • Rionga was a general favourite, and the natives were sincerely glad to see him at length supported by the government.

  • His frank, pleasant, boyish manner at once won for him a cordial acceptance, and the little cornet, as he was called in the regiment, soon became a general favourite.

  • Upon the other hand, among the ladies Rupert was a general favourite, but he puzzled them altogether.

  • The "Little Cornet" was a general favourite, short as was the time since he had joined; while Hugh was greatly liked by the men of his own troop.

  • So, for a week or more, Tom went on thrivingly enough, and became a general favourite in the town.

  • He had received a hearty cheer, from the regiment, when he appeared upon parade that morning; a reception that showed that he was a general favourite, and that sincere pleasure was felt at his return.

  • I was speaking to the sergeant about him, and he said that he was the most popular man in his company, and a general favourite.

  • He was now quite at home with his company and, by the time they reached Gupis, had become a general favourite.

  • It spoke in very high terms of his conduct, and then said that he was a general favourite in the regiment, and that he was sure that he would do credit to the corps he had joined.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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