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单词 untempting
例句 untempting
I'm hoping that will be true of the mile handicap, in which Mubtadi is an untempting favourite at 11-8 to beat 10 rivals. Talking Horses: The best bets and all the latest racing news 2013-01-22T10:30:42Z
Other hand-carts there were, from which other men, young and old, were vending other wares—fruit more often than not; fruit of a most untempting frowziness. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z
It much resembled the breakfast Alison had made at the hotel, only that strips of untempting salt pork were substituted for the hard steak. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z
She helped herself twice to the stale and untempting loaf. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z
Mr. Kilvert was a good scholar, but in the dryest, hardest sense; of literature he knew nothing, and he was entirely without originality or cleverness, so that his knowledge was of the most untempting description. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z
The wind, whistling shrilly, rushes through them with impatient haste, as though longing to escape from their gaunt and most untempting embraces. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z
Then in utter silence the three girls came to the table, and partook with their aunts of the very thin tea, sweetened with no liberal hand, while the bread-and-butter looked untempting and stale. A Double Knot
Now that the meal was over, everything looked wretchedly untempting to a weary person seeking to be refreshed. The New Mistress A Tale
But this detestable mother of a lovable daughter and an untempting granddaughter is destined to become still more detestable in the eyes of the Julius Bradshaws before she exhausts her topic. Somehow Good
But when she went down into the kitchen at twelve o'clock she found him seated at a very untempting meal, with Sam the footboy and Mrs Symes. Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century
And she tendered him a battered flower, leering at him from beneath her draggled, dusty bonnet as she put forth her untempting hand for the money. Miss Mackenzie
Our friends observed fruits, raspberries, strawberries, and peaches, though of an untempting appearance and very dear; and also cakes of various forms, bread, beer, and of course quass. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar
It was a long, low, coral-formed island, with a white beach—a very untempting spot for a habitation in that burning climate. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors
Had she been a sylph the prospect would have been most untempting, but a two-hundred-and-fifty-pounder! Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878
He held up the bottle he spoke of,—it was black, and untemptingly dirty. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches
Herbert, in the dingy solitude of his untempting chambers, might despair and look upon life and its aims as a hopeless enigma. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance
Miss Satterly hastily drew her mouth into a thin, untempting, red streak, for she had not seen Weary Davidson, on an average, twice a week for the last four months for nothing. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories
On board the English boat it was necessary to be very hungry, in order to attack the solid, untempting joints of roast and boiled. Rides on Railways
The untempting morsel passed from his hand to hers, and under the compulsion of his insistence she began to eat. The Way of an Eagle
There were numerous dishes, all very untempting, swimming in grease, and brought in a slovenly manner to the table; a roast fowl formed no exception, for it was sodden, half-raw, and saturated with oil. Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay
Now that his heart is subdued and slow he still looks for pearls, and tempts coy Fortune with dramatic sincerity and most untempting things. My Tropic Isle
"Oh, I'm worn out, that's what I am," he said, as he sank into a chair and regarded the certainly untempting food with an eye of disfavour. At Love's Cost
The absence of hot coffee and other stimulants did not affect my appetite, nor the enjoyment of the morning and evening repasts, cold and untempting as they were. Four Months in a Sneak-Box
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