win favor

Example Sentences

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“If we don’t win favor from enough people, the project won’t happen,” Clark said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

But none of his bills advanced in a Legislature that still generally requires its members to go through the process of doing the work to win favor from peers.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2025

Still, comedies often struggle to win favor with the Oscars, and a female-led comedy has even more hurdles to overcome, as Robbie found.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2024

The candidates are working to win favor with state committee members ahead of an endorsement vote on Feb. 5 and so, for now, the surrogates will have to do.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2022

The informer, Floyd Wells, might easily have invented his story; such tale-telling was not infrequently undertaken by prisoners who hoped to win favor or attract official notice.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote