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Often, the clothes are simply scaled up from a size 2 fit model into larger, ill-proportioned clothes. Finally! Now there's premium denim for plus-sized women, thanks to SLINK Jeans 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z
When it is extended it looks weak and untidy at the sides; when it is reduced to its shortest length the legs appear heavy and ill-proportioned. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z
The stone was featureless, ill-proportioned; the inscription recorded nothing but her name and the dates of her birth and death. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z
He was not what is called a fine-looking man, for though sufficiently tall, he was gaunt and ill-proportioned. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z
Though built on a large scale, he was not ill-proportioned. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z
Then there was heard a fearful hollow roaring and rustling under the stage, whereupon the giant mounted up, with a huge and most absurdly ill-proportioned head. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z
Nor is it always the man's fault that he is ill-proportioned. How to Get Strong and How to Stay So 2011-07-01T02:00:12.520Z
It is very certain, that an object ill-proportioned cannot be beautiful. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z
Was the head, however, ill-proportioned to the body, still more out of proportion were the large black projecting eyebrows, the huge eagle nose, and the swelled hanging under-lip, to the general contour of the head. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z
We visited Dryburgh and Jedburgh, and the vulgar commonplace villa, with small ill-proportioned rooms looking out upon nothing at all, out of which Sir Walter Scott created the Abbotsford of his imagination. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z
A hybrid conglomerate thing, picturesque enough to the untrained eye, but ill-proportioned, weak, effeminate, and base. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z
Sombart, like many of the recent German writers, finds ill-proportioned production the chief cause of crises; but he thinks it inaccurate to say that the overproduction is in industrial equipment. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z
Without this tapering at the top, the group below would look unfinished and ill-proportioned. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z
The more ornamental examples had cane seats and ill-proportioned cane backs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross"
Then he critically scrutinized the ill-proportioned figure of the ugly-tempered brave. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn
He was, indeed, of almost gigantic size, but awkward and ill-proportioned. Jan Vedder's Wife
The church of Belem may be ill-proportioned and unsatisfactory outside, but within it is so solemn and vast as to fill one with surprise. Portuguese Architecture
Shut out from mountain, river, lake, forest, cliff, and hedgerow, they must either find in streets and squares food for pleasant contemplation, or be drawn into indifference by meaningless, ill-proportioned, or unsightly forms. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851
That which is grotesque in the material sense is irregular or misshapen in form or outline or ill-proportioned so as to be somewhat ridiculous; the French bizarre is practically equivalent to grotesque. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions
Andrea, however, made the interior rectangular by increasing the thickness of the pilasters at the corners, in order to change it from an ill-proportioned structure into one with good and true measurements. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 05 ( of 10) Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto
Beyond this, I remember with affection the ill-proportioned little Place des Hommes; not at all monumental, and given over to puddles and to shabby caf�s. A Little Tour of France
The Sitka Islanders, as well as their neighbours on the continent, are large and strongly built, but have their limbs so ill-proportioned, that they all appear deformed. A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2
Rough work, open joints, ill-fitting ventilators, ill-proportioned plans and forms, and a general tumble-down appearance, is not the kind of economy we should recommend to our readers or practice on our own place. Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings
They were the most ugly, ill-proportioned people the explorers had yet seen; dark-coloured and rather diminutive, with long heads, flat faces, and monkey-like countenances. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries
As yet, to all outward appearance, the little captain of artillery was the same slim, ill-proportioned, and rather insignificant youth; but at twenty-three he had had the experience of a much greater age. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.)
Why it is, by what strange freak of fashion and blindness to artistic rules, women of the present day think that a deformed and ill-proportioned waist is a requisite of beauty, we do not know. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother
"I want that one," he repeated confidently, and pointed to the most ill-proportioned of an ill-conceived litter of mongrels. The Short Life
A book may be legible, strong, and durable, yet ill-proportioned and clumsy, ugly in every detail. The Booklover and His Books
And it is always as cheap, and generally cheaper, to build a house in agreement with the rules of good taste, than to build an awkward and ill-proportioned one. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School
Yon man, although certainly not old in years, yet, what is he?—a remnant of a man resting upon unnatural and ill-proportioned support. Jacob Faithful
He was at least six feet in height, with long limbs, an ill-proportioned body, and a small, round head. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis
Painting is a thing utterly unknown, and sculpture, where found, deals in shapeless blocks and huge, massive, ill-proportioned forms, analogous to the primitive Egyptian art. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
Except for the defect that kneeling figures are somewhat mis-shapen or ill-proportioned in the lower limbs, the work is quite comparable with contemporary mural painting, both for composition and colour. Illuminated Manuscripts
A portrait of Haydn at this time shows a man of short, substantial build, and a somewhat ill-proportioned frame. Story-Lives of Great Musicians
Sam reared smartly his round but not ill-proportioned person in his rich brocade coat, and Clary towered in the corner with her white throat, and her filmy ivory-coloured laces. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes
He was standing up on the hearthrug, his ill-proportioned figure thrown into strong relief by the firelight behind him. The Swindler and Other Stories
My menagerie, so ill-proportioned in the matter of sex, was therefore the result of chance. Social Life in the Insect World
It was the shambling, ill-proportioned lads who suffered most. We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys
This ill-proportioned estimation, these vain imaginations, these be the clouds of error that turn into the storms of perturbation. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3
The figures are ill-proportioned; the faces consist of lines without any attempt at form or expression. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts
The thoughts that were bright and shapely by day become dark and ill-proportioned like shadows. A Tramp's Sketches
He traverses streets of dirty, straggling houses, with now and then an unexpected court composed of buildings as ill-proportioned and deformed as the half-naked children that wallow in the kennels.  Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people
As we rushed by the cavern's mouth we caught a hasty glimpse of him, looking somewhat like an ill-proportioned figure, but considerably more like a heap of fog and duskiness. Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories
Beyond this, I remember with affection the ill-proportioned little Place des Hommes; not at all monumental, and given over to puddles and to shabby cafés. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 France and the Netherlands, Part 1
One might compare the boy's character to an ill-proportioned compensation pendulum; it contained too much of the soft metal of the mother, not enough of the hard metal of the father. Married
Cook was not favourably impressed by these islanders, and describes them as "in general, the most ugly ill-proportioned people I ever saw." The Life of Captain James Cook
He drew back and stood with the lamplight full upon him—a loose, ill-proportioned figure, with a flabby face and pale blue eyes set under swollen lids. The Battle Ground
There was a noble lady, fair and comely in all respects except that she was short and ill-proportioned. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03
An ill-proportioned object cannot be beautiful, but the exact correspondence of parts, as in geometrical figures, does not constitute beauty. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller
Lank and pale, with ill-proportioned limbs and face all awry, he revenged himself upon her for his own ugliness, and the contempt which the handsome, vigorous girl must have evinced for him. The Fortune of the Rougons
This ill-proportioned bird in shape and general appearance is like the Kingfisher. Expedition into Central Australia
On the right side, where the wound was, his thick sandy beard had been cut away, and the outstanding tuft on his left cheek gave him a peculiarly ill-proportioned look. The Battle Ground
By his clothes this was a common man, a grocer or a baker, his person ill-proportioned and unseemly, but by his forehead not quite a common man. Hassan : the story of Hassan of Bagdad, and how he came to make the golden journey to Samarkand : a play in five acts
The human forms in this design are ill-proportioned, and very rudely traced. History of Phoenicia
Beyond this, I remember with affection the ill-proportioned little Place des Hommes; not at all monumental, and given over to puddles and to shabby cafes. A Little Tour in France
In them alone was his fine soul visible; for his ill-proportioned face did not atone for its triangular shape by the noble mien of an elevated mind, and his low forehead indicated only extreme energy. Catherine De Medici
He was awkward and ill-proportioned; for his limbs were too long for his body, - so that when he rode, he appeared to be much shorter than he really was. History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas
Then how do you manage to make the corselet well proportioned if it is to fit an ill-proportioned body? The Memorabilia
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