prepossessed

Example Sentences

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I was not agreeably prepossessed with this lady, and I do not anticipate pleasure from the visit.

From Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor by Young, F.E. Mills

Now he was greeted by a smiling and prepossessed young lady, who had extracted a muslin gown from the stock in the wardrobe, and whose piquant face was crowned by a wealth of brown hair.

From The House 'Round the Corner by Tracy, Louis

Laud was greatly prepossessed in Margaret’s favour; he had heard much of her at Ipswich, and had been long anxious to see her.

From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Cobbold, Richard

Darrell knew the man by sight, having seen him lately hanging about the diggings, and had not been much prepossessed by his appearance.

From Luck at the Diamond Fields by Belgrave, Dalrymple J.

Tired as he was, Bertie was not by any means so prepossessed by the appearance of the bed as his companion seemed to be.

From A Hero of Romance by Marsh, Richard