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ugly duckling

NOUN
  1. an ugly or unpromising child who grows into a beautiful or worthy person

How To Use ugly duckling In A Sentence

  • He's got the looks of a film star now, but he was a real ugly duckling as a child.
  • He said: 'It can turn an ugly duckling into a swan. The Sun
  • However, roses are not swans, and all too often ugly ducklings remain ugly ducklings.
  • You've said previously that you felt like an ugly duckling when you were growing up. The Sun
  • Will you let an ugly duckling swim with you?
  • Fellow pupils called him 'ugly duckling' because he was short and fat. The Sun
  • It's certainly the ugly duckling of the era-until you get to drive one.
  • Cosmetic surgery can easily transform an ugly duckling into a beautiful swan, so it is being put to a new use - that is, to create ‘man-made beauty’.
  • Normandy's ugly duckling has come of age. Times, Sunday Times
  • She had been a slow developer and had pretty much been considered the ugly duckling for most of her life.
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