| 单词 | ugly duckling |
| 例句 | It was like the makeover scenes in my American movies, where they take the dorky guy or girl, fix the hair and change the clothes, and the ugly duckling becomes the swan. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The ugly duckling grows into a swan, Pinocchio becomes a boy. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I definitely fit the description of the ugly duckling in makeover movies, except that those girls were actually gorgeous actresses disguised by poorly framed glasses. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “As a kid growing up in Kent I was the ugly duckling.” Inside Art: A Midcareer Survey of Gary Hume Paintings 2013-06-20T22:17:42Z They were all to a certain extent the ugly ducklings who grew into swans, channeled the pain of their isolation and emerged as champions. "Dancing with the Stars" recap: Evan shows feeling 2010-05-18T13:20:00Z It's not the most swan-like of Hollywood debuts; more an ugly duckling. Greenberg star Greta Gerwig steps from the shadows of mumblecore 2010-06-04T23:08:00Z But the optimism that had originally greeted his design dissipated over time; by the end of the 20th century, its owners saw it as an “ugly duckling” and discussed its sale with private investors. Brutalism Springs Eternal in Morocco 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z It would be a big relief if we all suddenly realized, like Christian Andersen’s ugly duckling, that we are in fact beautiful. You are less beautiful than you think 2013-05-21T16:20:00Z Roger's Fosca is not some ugly duckling but a lonely, passionate woman who resembles a slender Victorian governess rather than the madwoman in the attic: more Jane Eyre than Mrs Rochester. Review 2010-09-22T10:00:00Z “The story of the ugly duckling was never about the cygnet discovering he is lovely,” McLemore writes. Novels That Freshen Up Some Well-Worn Classics 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z "This swan is emerging and somehow the ugly duckling is not popping up as often." Author's "Gray Zone" sheds light on dark subject 2011-07-27T16:57:44Z The endearing heroine, in her early teens and convinced that she’s an ugly duckling, gets help on her quest from a trio of shape-shifting celestial guides. ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Review: Disney Trips on a Tesseract 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z In comparison, Ceiling/Sky is a baffling ugly duckling: seven characters tell their intertwining stories through song, in a variety of jazz, blues and Motown styles, to a text by June Jordan. I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky; Icarus at the Edge of Time; Don Giovanni 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z Beethoven’s Fourth is not the ugly duckling of the symphonies so much as the modest, slender person crushed on the subway bench between two massive manspreaders. The Ultimate Beethoven Symphony Collection 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Almost 40 years later, King’s debut novel of an ugly duckling outcast turned murderous supernatural terror is so popular that yet another remake is coming to theaters next month. Stephen King: 10 More Books He Should Write Sequels To 2013-09-26T09:45:09Z In fact, her ugly duckling persona is precisely what made her so appealing. ArtsBeat: Hello, Lauren! A Former Fanny Brice on the New 'Funny Girl' in Town 2011-08-05T15:15:59Z Like the central character in “Conversations With Friends,” like perhaps nearly all teenage girls, Marianne is an ugly duckling and a swan at the same time. Sally Rooney’s ‘Normal People’ Explores Intense Love Across Social Classes 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Hawn replied, saying she owed her comedic talent to the fact that she perceived herself as an “ugly duckling” as a child. Former Disney Chief Clarifies "Beautiful, Funny Women" Comment 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z “It was an ugly duckling, transformed into a beauty,” she said. A Narnia-Inspired Design, on Long Island 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z He even pokes at his relationship with his one-time mentor: "Birdman Jr. -- more like ugly duckling." Lil Wayne releases incendiary new mixtape, 'Sorry 4 the Wait 2' 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Schumer takes the genre in her own direction, though, by welding together its usual narrative — the melancholy story of self-discovery — and her preferred mode in films, the bawdy, ugly duckling romantic comedy. ‘Life & Beth’ Review: Further Inside Amy Schumer 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z But there’s also a programmed light projector on a moving robotic arm that does little except suggest that each dress is being stalked by an ugly duckling. Art Review: ‘Charles James: Beyond Fashion,’ a Retrospective at the Met 2014-05-08T13:04:04Z This story of an ugly duckling, beak and all, “Hans Christian Andersen” never becomes a swan. Review: In ‘Hans Christian Andersen: Tales Real and Imagined,’ No Happily Ever After 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z For her part, Hawn replied that she might owe her comedic talents to the fact that she thought of herself as an “ugly duckling” when she was young. Former Disney Chief Says Beautiful Women 'Usually Not Funny' 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z She waded into the flock of Hollywood swans, a seeming ugly duckling, and wound up besting all of them. All hail Melissa McCarthy, Hollywood's indestructible comic superwoman 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z In the vase, the ugly duckling turns into a swan. Forced branches can bring a bit of early spring indoors 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Then, thanks to a canny investment by Salma Hayek's production company, it was transformed into a US hit about an ugly duckling set adrift among spiteful swans. Your next box set: Ugly Betty 2011-04-08T07:00:02Z “An Alpine Symphony” is something of an ugly duckling in the orchestral repertory — or, given its scale, an ugly elephant. The Vienna Philharmonic Tends the Classics With a Perfect Partner 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z She was not the first to escape being pigeonholed as a self-deprecating ugly duckling, ingratiating flirt or asexual eccentric. Critic?s Notebook: Female Comedians Are Confidently Breaking Taste Taboos 2011-11-15T21:38:24Z And in Napa Valley, you can find some awfully good 2011s, a vintage that was essentially dismissed as an ugly duckling. Come for the Values, Stay (or Leave) for the Vintage 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Gypsy is portrayed here by Lara Pulver as a neglected ugly duckling who never quite believes in her metamorphosis into a swan. London Theater Journal: A Scorching Momma Rose 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z For this ugly duckling we worked on elongating the neck and reducing the waddle, so she moved more gracefully. Style Invitational Week 1436: Haven’t seen it — new plots for movie titles 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z It’s the ugly duckling — we know that story. Songwriter or Star? The-Dream, Muni Long and Two Paths to the Grammys. 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z And then there is Recco, the ugly duckling among birds of paradise. Scenes From an Italian Summer 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z The bewitchingly fragrant fruit — a relative of apples and pears — does go through an ugly duckling phase, Walden acknowledges. Don’t overlook the quince; try sniffing (and poaching) it instead 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Despite being regarded as an ugly duckling by the foreign policy establishment, USIA-led public diplomacy efforts played a key role in achieving several important foreign policy objectives. Opinion | The U.S. must make clear the choice: Oppression or human dignity 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z The ugly duckling who has saved him or the homecoming king who looks good until you hit the dance floor? LOVERRO: Rivera owes the journeyman, but the owner signs his check 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z But that didn’t fully prepare him to renovate the “ugly duckling” first home he bought in 2010. Local DIYers share their tips for tackling a midsize home project in a single weekend | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z The soaring demand for warehouses, once the ugly duckling of the real estate industry, underscores their pivotal role in a complex global supply chain. Warehouses Transform N.Y.C. Neighborhoods as E-Commerce Booms 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The former Miss Universe winner has come a long way since the days she felt like an "ugly duckling." Olivia Culpo turns heads as she shows off toned abs after workout class 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z An Australian ballroom dancer makes an ugly duckling his partner and dares in competition to go flamenco. Movies on TV this week: 'An American in Paris'; 'Ben-Hur' 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z The model, 28, relentlessly compared herself to her older sister Aurora and felt that she was an “ugly duckling” when she was younger. Olivia Culpo says she was ‘ugly duckling,’ was put on diet at age 10 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z “But then, in the autumn, they bloom with the most incredibly beautiful pink flowers. It’s their ugly duckling beauty that makes them even more desirable.” Texas’s cactus cops battle to save rare desert beauty from smuggling gangs 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z Kathleen Hughes: I loved it because I was an ugly duckling. ‘50s actress Kathleen Hughes recalls working with Frank Sinatra, becoming a pinup: ‘It was so unexpected’ 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z One called it “the ugly duckling of the group.” Perspective | Where does your go-to frozen pizza rank? We tried 15, and the worst one might surprise you. 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z He was not an “ugly duckling,” he said, “but a nasty duckling.” Lyndon LaRouche, Cult Figure Who Ran for President 8 Times, Dies at 96 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Today, the architectural ugly duckling is a swan with an Instagram following. Brutal is beautiful when it comes to architecture's ugly duckling 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Being pegged as the ugly duckling was devastating. Penny Marshall, sitcom star and hitmaking director of ‘A League of Their Own,’ dies at 75 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Now an "ugly duckling" from 85 million years ago is shedding new light on the giant marine reptiles that lived at the time of Tyrannosaurus rex. 'Ugly duckling' fossil from the deep 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Mistakes abounded in this ugly duckling of a game. Ravens let a big AFC North opportunity slip out of their hands vs. the Browns 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z “Venture capital used to be the ‘ugly duckling’ of private equity in Japan. After Mercari: Japanese asset managers see new era in venture... 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Portugal emerged triumphant in France two years ago by doing the minimum necessary to win games, with coach Fernando Santos saying he was happy for them to be considered the tournament’s ugly ducklings. Shades of Euro 2016 as suffering Portugal muddles through 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z In this attempt at mind-reading, there's also a buried insult—the assertion that Sharapova is the skinny one, the beautiful one, the blessed one, while Serena is the ugly duckling fueled by her resentment. The cancelation of Serena vs. Sharapova is the cruel sports tease of the week - Golf Digest 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z "It was the ugly duckling that hadn't yet become the graceful swan." 'Ugly duckling' fossil from the deep 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Well, ugly ducklings become swans, so there’s hope. How we made Janis Ian's At Seventeen 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z She plays Renee as an ugly duckling who’s gotten awfully good, maybe too good, at letting the water roll off her back. Amy Schumer gives a beaut of a performance in the uneven but sweetly amusing 'I Feel Pretty' 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z “My parents try to console me by talking about the ugly duckling, but there’s no perfect solid for me to grow up into!” A Few of My Favorite Spaces: The Pseudo-Rhombicuboctahedron 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Misshapen with skin blemishes, the ugly ducklings end up in landfills or go to food banks if they’re lucky. Seattle’s love affair with ugly fruits and veggies 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z It was hard; I was chubby and an ugly duckling. It took all of my courage to say, 'I have herpes' 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z I never felt right, I always felt the odd one out, the ugly duckling. My last night in prison? - BBC News 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z “It was an ugly duckling that sat on the market for a long time,” says Zabel. Restoring a neglected tract home to Midcentury glory in Palm Springs 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Indeed, in a Manhattan world in which Trump is generally loathed, his kids are considered swans produced by an ugly duckling. Our next president, the Godfather 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Nobody knew Hathaway when she starred as an ugly duckling in Marshall’s 2001 film “The Princess Diaries” — the only thing the actress had done before was the short-lived television series “Get Real.” From Robin Williams to Anne Hathaway: 10 careers Garry Marshall helped launch 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z One year on, the ugly duckling is growing up. A Year After Spinoff from BHP, South32 Shapes Up 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z By his account, he went from being an awkward ugly duckling who was flunking out of middle school in Kansas, to a military academy cadet who embraced a love of study. Upheaval Amid ‘Alarming’ Revelations at William Koch’s Florida School 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z President Franklin D. Roosevelt remarked, “She’ll carry a good load. She isn’t much to look at, though, is she? A real ugly duckling.” WWII Liberty Ship John W. Brown to sail from Baltimore for Norfolk ‘Living History’ visit 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Neither stylish nor grand, the building is a mid-20th-century ugly duckling. In Putnam County, a Humble Home for Arts on the Lake 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z So many little girls have been raised on fairytales about ugly ducklings becoming swans that we are pre-programmed to be patient in anticipation of beauty. Does a nose job hurt? You asked Google – here’s the answer | Virginia Blum 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z The whole time I was in LA, I thought, "Why don't I fit in here? You know, I'm the ugly duckling." From Sylvester Stallone to Mark Ruffalo, supporting actors prove acting is in their dna 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z At least one ugly duckling on Wall Street didn't grow up into a swan so much as an 800-pound gorilla. 8 Unusual and Unglamorous Investment Opportunities 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z So the ships got the “ugly duckling” nickname, but were known as Liberty ships. WWII Liberty Ship John W. Brown to sail from Baltimore for Norfolk ‘Living History’ visit 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z If so, the ugly ducklings might be home to great beauty after all. Ugly Ducklings of the Universe Are Born Like Stars 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z “Being transgender, for so many years … I was imprisoned in my mind. When someone helped me with those injections, I basically felt like an ugly duckling turned into a swan,” she said Thursday. Madam gets 10 years after buttocks-enhancement death 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Discover the beautiful swan hiding in an ugly duckling, the treasure buried in ordinary dirt. Astrological Forecasts for 04/07/2015 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z In 2007, when the company first unveiled its e-reader, the device was an expensive ugly duckling whose future looked marginal at best. Amazon's New High-End Kindle Beats Hardcovers 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Its political groupings may be unwieldy and its priorities sometimes odd, but it is no longer Europe’s ugly duckling. The will to power 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Still baseball's ugly duckling even with upgrades that include a 360-degree walkway around the field. Rating each of the major league ballparks 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Score on “seconds.” Don’t overlook the ugly duckling. 8 Ways to Save Money at Your Local Farmers Market 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z “Look what the Old Post Office had been reduced to — something of an ugly duckling on Pennsylvania Avenue,” she said. Trumps begin work on $200 million Washington hotel “I wouldn’t have been hired if I had been an ugly duckling,” she said. Plastic Surgery for ‘Leftover Women’ 2013-08-04T08:45:00Z "Second-steppers are the ugly duckling of the housing market," says the website's director, Miles Shipside. Trapped in negative equity with nowhere to go 2013-03-10T07:00:44Z The ugly duckling does not become a beautiful swan. Maeve Binchy, Writer Who Evoked Ireland, Dies at 72 2012-08-01T00:11:04Z A kind-hearted neighbor, Miss Anne Dwyer, took pity on the poor, abused little ugly duckling and taught her to read and write. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z In fact he was no longer the ugly duckling of the family, but bid fair in a year or two to rival his stalwart brothers. Fairies Afield 2012-03-18T02:00:20.790Z It had become, indeed, a kind of ugly duckling of the Navy. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Not to say it’s not a bit of an ugly duckling. Chevy’s $15,000 Sonic Subcompact Make Raucous Noise, Sips Gas 2011-12-22T10:33:36Z It’s kind of standing out as the ugly duckling. Canadian Pacific Gains 37% as China Beats Rail Margins: Real M&A 2011-11-02T06:06:29Z Decked out in a tiny uniform, the ugly duckling ran wild in the army posts where her father was stationed, and joined right boisterously in the soldiers' rough sports. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z “The hated Japanese retail sector, which was once seen as the ugly duckling, is now a great place to invest going forward,” says Mikihiko Yamato, an analyst at JI Asia. Lawson Stores Thrive in Economy That Hammers Japan Inc.: Retail 2011-10-20T23:51:06Z He compared it to the ugly duckling that became a regal swan. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z It is not that strategics never buy these ugly ducklings. Dealtalk: Formerly bankrupt companies become M&A targets 2011-09-01T14:41:04Z Still, the fact remains that Harriet was the ugly duckling of her family, and supposed to be the most stupid of the group of Martineau children. Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z The ugly duckling, in less than a single year, developed from repulsive homeliness into a striking beauty. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z The Adityas then trimmed this ugly duckling of the family into human shape, and an elephant sprang from the waste pieces which they threw away; therefore an elephant partakes of the nature of man. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Yes,--the ugly duckling had unfolded its wings! Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z "You keep on drawing and drawing," were his last words, "and don't bother if any one thinks you an ugly duckling." The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z Father began to take pride in the ugly duckling now, and brothers to brag of his great learning. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z The ugly duckling of the Punch Taverns empire is its rump tenanted business which consists of 5,200 pubs – more than 40% of which it wants to sell off. Punch's pub restaurants make healthy profits 2011-03-22T19:21:28Z Not that Kitty had ever matriculated, but an ugly duckling needs many plumes of learning ere it can ruffle itself like a beautiful swan. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Possessed of abundant animal vitality—"magnetism," if you prefer—as well as "temperament," the ugly duckling developed into a star of first magnitude. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z She did not mind the old artist calling her an ugly duckling. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z This done, he is rolled in feathers, which, of course, stick to him, and give him the appearance of a huge ugly duckling. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z He felt up there in the silver weather as the ugly duckling must have felt when he saw himself to be a radiant swan. Sinister Street, vol. 1 She was a tall, slim, rather out-of-the-common-looking girl, and though at present she was passing through the ugly duckling stage, she had several good points, which might develop into beauty later on. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days She had got it into her head that she was the ugly duckling, and neither parents nor friends could persuade her to the contrary. Fragments of an Autobiography Then he rustled his feathers, curved his slender neck, and cried joyfully, from the depths of his heart, "I never dreamed of such happiness as this while I was the despised ugly duckling." Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series In fact, dirty weather's our strong point with that ugly duckling of a cutter. The Recipe for Diamonds Miss Thompson talked to her teachers, especially to "Rosy," and it became known throughout the Hall that the ugly duckling was undoubtedly Somebody, and she was treated thereafter with more consideration. Clark's Field All very well to set up Ulster as being the ugly duckling, as being the one dissentient particle of a united Ireland. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Mrs. Govers for some years cherished a dream that her ugly duckling would develop into a swan and fly away with a fabulously wealthy prince. In a Little Town And so the ugly duckling ended his wanderings. Soldiers of the Queen ‘As a girl I was plain featured, and so shy and awkward that your Uncle Joe used to tell me that I was the only ugly duckling that would never turn into a swan.’ Our Bessie Certainly an exceedingly ugly duckling, yet there was promise of future swanship in the clean curves of her neck and in the firm poise of the small head. The Doomsman He reminded Cal of certain teachers in schools he had been asked to leave back in his ugly duckling days. Eight Keys to Eden The majority of ugly ducklings, however, grow up into uglier ducks, and Mrs. Govers resigned herself to the melancholy prospect of the widowed mother of an old maid perennial. In a Little Town "Oh, you 'ugly duckling!'" answered the lady, smiling, and running her fingers through his crumpled hair. Soldiers of the Queen Then he rustled his feathers, curved his slender neck, and cried joyfully, from the depths of his heart, "I never dreamed of such happiness as this, while I was an ugly duckling." Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Her response to this proposition was "Little Women," which she calls "the first golden egg of the ugly duckling, for the copyright made her fortune." Daughters of the Puritans A Group of Brief Biographies He was ungainly and awkward, like his "ugly duckling." Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes She was not—and will not be—a misunderstood genius, an undeveloped artist, an embryonic leader in feminism, nor an ugly duckling who would put on a Georgette hat and captivate the theatrical world. The Job An American Novel Yes, that was it; she loved her ugly duckling, believing even now that, in spite of outward appearances, it would one day turn into a swan. Soldiers of the Queen But how could the ugly duckling do so? Aunt Friendly's Picture Book. Containing Thirty-six Pages of Pictures Printed in Colours by Kronheim They did not look in her direction until she heard Mrs. Darlington remark: “Larry, just see what a collection of little boys your ugly duckling has made.” The Cricket Had it been, all seeming? and was Margaret mentally and morally an ugly duckling, hatched in a hen's nest? A True Friend A Novel For the sake of the ugly duckling I do this. Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World "I never dreamed of such happiness as this while I was an ugly duckling!" Soldiers of the Queen Ho rustled his feathers, curved his slender neck and cried joyfully, "I never thought such good was in store for me when I was an ugly duckling." Aunt Friendly's Picture Book. Containing Thirty-six Pages of Pictures Printed in Colours by Kronheim It was the ugly duckling after all who proved to be the swan of the flock. Mary Wollstonecraft Would a man with an exhaustive experience of beautiful women be attracted into marriage by this ugly duckling? The Californians She thought of Nell, too, and imagined the rapture with which the ugly duckling would greet her, the deliverer of the oppressed. Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World "Yes, I do," answered the ugly duckling; "I care a lot what you folks think of me at Brenlands." Soldiers of the Queen Not a dark grey ugly duckling, but a beautiful swan! Aunt Friendly's Picture Book. Containing Thirty-six Pages of Pictures Printed in Colours by Kronheim ‘Can you emit sparks?’ said the cat to the ugly duckling in the fairy tale, and the poor abashed creature had to admit that it could not. Obiter Dicta Second Series Every house has its ugly duckling, dear boy," she observed quaintly, "and they seldom turn out swans except in story-books. Aunt Judith The Story of a Loving Life Here am I absolutely wearing myself out and devising the most horrible plots and stratagems, all for the sake of an ugly duckling. Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World That my straight hair and pug nose needn't make any difference; that some day I'd surprise people as the ugly duckling did. The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor “Thank you, darling!” said Bridgie meekly, while Esmeralda stifled a laugh and turned her lovely eyes on the ugly duckling with a glance of fondest admiration. Pixie O'Shaughnessy But Mrs. Home-Davis was the ugly duckling of a handsome and brilliant family, an accident of fate which had embittered her youth, and indirectly her daughter's. The Guests Of Hercules The Merrimac's crew ate their breakfast at their leisure and prepared to drive their ugly duckling into the battle line again and finish the work of destroying the battered Federal squadron. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis We aren't going to have any ugly ducklings on this ship, and we aren't going to hide you in the hold every time we land on a planet. Star Surgeon Benjamin himself, at first, was only an ugly duckling in no way remarkable. American Men of Action The whole family vied with each other in adoring the ugly duckling, and in happy Irish fashion regarded her shortcomings as a joke rather than a misfortune. Pixie O'Shaughnessy The ugly duckling, as Uncle Brian called her, was fast changing into a swan. Uncle Max The ugly duckling of the Confederacy, in plain view of the whole Federal fleet and witnessed by French and English vessels, captured three schooners and carried them into port as prizes of war. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis And they did make themselves at home—all but the poor ugly duckling. The Child's World Third Reader The death of Macaulay in December, 1859, left Froude the most famous of living English historians, and the ugly duckling of the brood had become the glory of the family. The Life of Froude But he was frankly ashamed to own himself father of his second daughter, Marguerite, the "ugly duckling" of a good-looking family, and with no gifts or promise to qualify her plainness. Love Romances of the Aristocracy Among the other children she was the ugly duckling, who was misunderstood, and whose natural development was continually checked and frustrated. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Intellectually, it has been "the ugly duckling" over again. Miss Bretherton Then he felt so happy that he raised his neck and said, "I never dreamed of so much happiness when I was an ugly duckling." The Child's World Third Reader Combing his hair before the looking-glass, and looking at his ugly face, pale from his sleepless night, he thought: "It's perfectly true . . . an ugly duckling!" The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories Many a mother, father, family generally, have worried over their ugly duckling until they have driven him, her, out into the world, only to find out later that their duckling was a swan. Quit Your Worrying! Marie, in fact, was quite hopeless, the "ugly duckling" of a good-looking family, and for this reason an object of dislike and resentment to her mother. Love affairs of the Courts of Europe "Or the ugly duckling in a family of virtuous chicks—" "Not ugly, chÂrie," laughed the Countess. Madcap They swam about very easily, and the ugly duckling swam with them. The Child's World Third Reader It was the apotheosis of the ugly duckling, and I saw my swan's plumage reflected in the placid faces of the boys around me, as in the vacant waters of a pool. The Ghost Ship And I sort of guessed she might be happy in the thought that her little ugly duckling might just make his mark in the world after all . The Life of Me; an autobiography And so it was decided in conclave that the "ugly duckling" should be left in a nunnery—the only fit place for her. Love affairs of the Courts of Europe The consideration of such familiar types and expressions as that of the ugly duckling suggests immediately another good reason for giving the child his due of fairy lore. How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell Then one of the ducks flew at the ugly duckling and bit him in the neck. The Child's World Third Reader We have been told what the mother duck felt when her ugly duckling turned into a swan, but we have never considered how much the ugly duckling must have marvelled also. The Princess Aline If they did, perhaps it was because they felt sorry for their little ugly duckling. The Life of Me; an autobiography Oh, yes, the Judge says, 'if we are confronted with an ugly duckling we must congratulate the swan.' The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day The story of the ugly duckling is much truer than many a bald statement of fact. How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell Snow and sleet fell, and the ugly duckling had a very unhappy time. The Child's World Third Reader The English, on the other hand, were trying hard for real color, but the younger men were in that crude stage which is the natural "ugly duckling" condition of the genuine colorist. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 While the mother duck was eating a big bug, an old duck bit the ugly duckling. A Primary Reader Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children The best looking in the nest often go wrong later, and the ugly duckling turns out the best of the litter. Dogs and All about Them I daresay he was not enough of an ugly duckling to attract special attention, and with many other chicks in the brood he could not have more than the rest, and yet he required it. Ideala The ugly duckling felt quite strange, and he gave such a loud cry that he frightened himself. The Child's World Third Reader But it is clear why they had to fight, and why bureaus of governmental research, industrial audits, budgeting and the like are the ugly ducklings of reform. Public Opinion It was a happy time for the ugly duckling. A Primary Reader Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children And among other things she believed herself to be very beautiful, though in reality she was the ugly duckling of the brood. The Extra Day And how stupefied Len would be, to have the ugly duckling suddenly show such brilliant plumage! Martie, the Unconquered The ugly duckling was shy and at first hid his head under his wing. The Child's World Third Reader The ugly duckling of the party, longcasted and deep in keel. Ulysses She is not an ugly duckling, who can live out of the social pond; she'll always want her native element. The Patrician |
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