Use favourite in a sentence
Sentences ending with favourite
- Leicester was riding with the Knights Tilters, and as they cantered lightly past the dais, trailing their spears in obeisance, Elizabeth engaged herself in talk with Cecil, who was standing near, and appeared not to see the favourite. [11]
- Henry still keeps up grandly, and is a great favourite. [5]
- There is nothing so popular for the moment as the fall of a favourite. [11]
- He stilled the people to a unison of sentiment, none the less interested and absorbed because it was known that he had been the cause of the great breach between the Queen and the favourite. [11]
- The former did not give up the cause as lost, though he did not spare reproaches, while his wife's wrath was directed against the informer rather than the offence committed by her favourite. [10]
- We did not, indeed, spend much time in choosing and weighing those whom we should know and those whom we should avoid; and before the first term of that Freshman year was over Tom had become a favourite. [9]
- Ratisbon was no home for the Emperor's former favourite. [10]
- She bore with him with a patience to be marvelled at; and I could never get it through my head why Mr. Swain indulged him, though he was the elder, and his mother's favourite. [9]
- He, too, had heard that Barbara was the Emperor's favourite. [10]
- Besides, Dion had even taken her part against his own powerful uncle, and perhaps by his deed drawn upon himself the hostility of his enemy's brother, Alexas, Antony's powerful favourite. [10]
Sentences containing favourite two or more times
- There was Austen's favourite pie, and Austen's favourite cake, all inherited from the Austens, who had thought more of the fleshpots than people should. [9]
- So I, being a favourite with the Governor, ran in and out of the Chateau at my will; of which my mother was proud, and she allowed me much liberty, for to be a favourite of the Governor is an honour. [11]
More example sentences with the word favourite in them
- They were hostile; yet when the favourite intimated that he, too, ought to be given up to justice, she showed so much hesitation, that Alexas stopped abruptly and turned the conversation upon Barine. [10]
- One of these--he who had spoken of his brother--was her little favourite and friend, and often sat by her side in the church, or climbed with her to the tower-top. [12]
- One day he went searching for Kitty at her favourite retreat, a little knoll behind and to the left of the house, where a half-dozen trees made a pleasant resting-place at a fine look-out point. [11]
- The colonel had watched the scene in silence; now, however, he drew his favourite to him, kissed him, and caressed his fair curls. [10]
- Our favourite spring was the Schaalbach at the foot of the Steiger,--[We pupils bought it of the peasant who owned it and gave it to Barop. [10]
- One thing, however, was now firmly established in his belief: that his favourite virtues were really the fairest of all, because--one will answer for all--man never felt happier than when he had succeeded in keeping his fidelity inviolate and maintaining his steadfastness. [10]
- The favourite himself was attended by the Earl of Ealing, a youngster who had his spurs to win, who thought it policy to serve the great time-server. [11]
- So I sat upon a favourite seat on the cliff, set against a solitary tree, fixed in the rocks. [11]
- Yet she managed to nod, and directly after the favourite bowed a farewell to Charmian. [10]
- I am glad the weather is changed; the return of the south-west wind suits me; but I hope you have no cause to regret the departure of your favourite east wind. [14]
- From the coast the stuff comes up to Dublin without a check, and, as he's a special favourite, he gets the best to be had in la belle France. [11]
- It's everything on the favourite this time. [11]
- The royal lady, the Emperor's favourite sister, was in her own room, adjoining her imperial brother's, talking with Don Luis Quijada, the brave nobleman of whom the Spanish and the Netherland soldiers had spoken with equal warmth. [10]
- The wreathing of the Egyptian pylons and obelisks, the principal temple, and the favourite statues in the city had been commenced during the night. [10]
- Sing my favourite, 'The Chase of the Yellow Swan. [11]
- The hall in the centre of the private roadstead of the royal harbour, where they had assembled, was furnished with regal magnificence; for it was a favourite resort of the Queen. [10]
- He had killed the brother upon the same day that he had dispossessed the favourite of office; and the debt was heavy. [11]
- The moments of suspense were trying to his nerves, and he had a shrewd notion that this making men wait was a favourite manoeuvre of Eldon Parr's; nor had he underrated the benumbing force of that personality. [9]
- It is all sunshine and morning with the favourite, the Inglesi. [11]
- At last he struck the chords of a song which had been a favourite with the Carignan-Salieres regiment. [11]
- Had she been still the Emperor Charles's favourite, or had he bestowed titles and wealth upon her, more might have been done for her; but as it was, nothing was left of the favour bestowed by the monarch save the stain upon her fair name. [10]
- The beloved dead should not leave the house, whose guide and ornament she had been, without her favourite blossoms. [10]
- In pained surprise she inquired what cause he, whom Heaven had hitherto loaded with its most precious gifts, had to complain of Fate, as whose spoiled favourite she, like all the rest of the world, had believed him happy. [10]
- He chuckled to see how reluctant they all were at first to concede their homage to his favourite, and how soon they fell under that favourite's influence--all save one man, the Intendant of the duchy. [11]
- But, when he saw her little favourite, he was moved as they had not seen him yet, and made as though he would have him come nearer. [12]
- Shortly after my return from abroad, in answer to his summons, I found him at Heinrich's, his napkin tucked into his shirt front, and a dish of his favourite sausages before him. [9]
- When he was refreshed by a glass of wine mixed with water, which in Italy had grown to be his favourite drink, he said to the old housekeeper that he would not need to use his son's blood, as his own was equally efficacious. [10]
- But this I put by as improbable, for the Intendant's post was not his ambition, or, favourite of La Pompadour as he was, he would, desiring, have long ago achieved that end. [11]
- The trusted favourite of the Emperor was always free to seek his presence. [10]
- For instance, one of his favourite disciples was willing to shake the nuts from the rotten branches of a nut tree which no one dared to climb if he might have half the harvest. [10]
- She was thinking of her son, her favourite son, for whom she had been so ambitious, and for whom, so far as she could, and retain her self-respect, she had delicately intrigued, that he might happily and befittingly marry. [11]
- Yet this favourite of fortune had expressed a desire to change places with him. [10]
- But it would not do; he was continually overpowered by the feeling that under the enthusiastic homage of the intriguing Queen Arsinoe's favourite lurked a sting which he should some day feel. [10]
- Yet there had never been a favourite at this monarch's court, and she was curious to learn what position would be assigned to her. [10]
- He was not mistaken--one was no less a personage than the younger Granvelle, the Bishop of Arras, who, notwithstanding his nine-and-twenty years, was already the favourite counsellor of Charles V; the other, a man considerably his senior, Dr. Mathys, of Bruges, the Emperor's physician. [10]
- One face I missed, and rejoiced that she was absent, for I had a degraded feeling like that of being the favourite in a cudgel-bout. [9]
- Yet many long minutes elapsed ere he noticed the dish, though it was one of his favourite viands. [10]
- Even in the midst of the most arduous labour he considered the question how it might be possible to keep her near him--not, it is true, as his favourite, but as a singer, and his inventive brain hit upon a successful expedient. [10]
- It was too manifestly and studiously arranged, and it had the finnicking exactness of the favourite gallery of some connoisseur. [11]
- Just such a look he had seen in the eyes of a favourite dog when he had performed an operation on it to save its life--a reproachful, non-comprehending, loving gaze. [11]
- The ship was 'La Favourite du Roy', bound for the French Indies. [9]
- As Honora read it she remembered that this institution had been the favourite charity of his mother; and that Mrs. Chiltern, at her death, had bequeathed an endowment which at the time had been ample. [9]
- When he learned in the other world how she had atoned for the wrong which she had done his little favourite, she would be sure of his praise. [10]
- They were fine horsemen and good revolver-shots; but their favourite arm was the lasso. [5]
- On account of her favourite Philotas, it was well for Daphne to be aware that she was watched. [10]
- Welee----A favourite of Heaven; colloquially a saint. [11]
- She would gladly have given Cleopatra everything at her command, yet she felt as if she must praise Nature for an act of justice, when she perceived that even her royal favourite was not wholly relieved from the law which applied to all. [10]
- V The French had bought their victory dear with the death of Alencon Barre, their favourite officer. [11]
- With Ruth he had always been a favourite, and he welcomed her with admiring and affectionate respect. [11]
- Cluny was a great favourite, and Agatha Gasgoyne, who had a wild sense of humour, egged him on with her sister, which gave Delia enough to do. [11]
- He was my grandfather's favourite, and though Mr. Carvel had wished him more serious, his joy when Bess blushingly told him the news was a pleasure to see. [9]
- Later the Khalifa gave him to a favourite Emir for a servant; but that service was of short duration, for on a certain morning Macnamara's patience gave way under the brutality of his master, and he refused to help him on his horse. [11]
- Every one was full of the joyful tidings of victory, and one shouted to another what Anaxenor, the favourite of the great Antony, who must surely know, had just recited in thrilling verse. [10]
- Every one was full of her praises, and after she had sung the Yalemos in the palace over the waxen image of the favourite of the gods, slain by the boar, her name was eagerly applauded. [10]
- And the source from which Alexas drew flowed so abundantly that his favourite did not find it difficult to give. [10]
- Afterwards I learned from a book which had been kept that what he gave us had been drawn chiefly from the rich experiences of his own life and the Gospels, supplemented by the writings of his favourite teacher, Schleiermacher. [10]
- Her favourite of Fortune indignantly rejected the belief that he had reason to look back upon his past life with gratitude and pleasure. [10]
- These she was fond of relieving by a bit of light blue, her favourite colour. [10]
- Her mother's favourite flowers should be her own last gift to her. [10]
- O'Ryan was a favourite, at whom La Touche loved to jeer, and the parable of the stars convulsed them. [11]
- He is a favourite with Madame Cournal, who influences Bigot most, and one day we may see the boon companions at each other's throats; and if either falls, I hope it maybe Bigot, for Monsieur Doltaire is, at least, no robber. [11]
- He was a favourite in both towns, and had had the better of both in horse- dealing a score of times. [11]
- While he was favourite he used his power wisely, and it was a power which had life and death behind it. [11]
- It was Peter Erwin, and he was a favourite in the bank, where he had been introduced by Mr. Leffingwell himself. [9]
- Couldn't you have done what you had to do, without appearing in your favourite part of the crocodile, you minx? [12]
- In hours of depression, the sudden fall of this favourite of the people seemed like an evil omen. [10]
- A favourite argument declared that although the Gospel texts in regard to it might be proven untrustworthy, the miraculous birth must have happened anyway! [9]
- She and her daughter Martina--who during Wolf's absence had grown to maidenhood--were sincerely glad to see him; he had been the favourite schoolmate of her adopted son, Erasmus Eckhart, and a frequent guest in her household. [10]
- Quijada and young Count Tassis, the Emperor's favourite page, placed the gouty foot in the most comfortable position, and Count Buren, the chamberlain, presented the menu. [10]
- Charmian, on the contrary, became graver and more quiet the more distinctly she perceived the danger her favourite must encounter. [10]
- But it was consumed with the rest of his property--tools, clothing, mementoes of his dead parents, and a few books which contained his favourite poems and the writings of his master, Straton. [10]
- At first she chose grave, usually even religious songs, and among them Charles's favourite was the "Quia amore langueo. [10]
- It was his brother Alexas, the trusted favourite of Mark Antony. [10]
- She had also been a favourite with the trader's wife, who had taught her very many civilised things. [11]
- They were in Barine's favourite apartment, a small room, where there were several pictures by her dead father. [10]
- He looked down at her, over his glasses, benignly, for she had always been a favourite of his, and answered: "Alive, alive, my dear. [11]
- It would seem as though the Prince Pasha was ready to make him, as well as David, a favourite. [11]
- His brother Alexas, Antony's favourite, could easily advance him. [10]
- Their principal, the alabarch, was talking eagerly with the philosopher Hegesias and the Rhodian leech Chrysippus; Queen Arsinoe's favourite, whom at Althea's instigation she had sent with Proclus to receive the returning traveller. [10]
- Being somewhat of a favourite of both Professor and Mrs. Valiant however, I lunched with them often. [11]
- He turned with a calm face to the door behind which sat the displaced favourite of the Prince, his mind at rest, the trouble gone out of his eyes. [11]
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