ugly duckling
Example Sentences
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"It is an incredibly difficult thing to go from turning that person from an ugly duckling into a swan."
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024
The bewitchingly fragrant fruit — a relative of apples and pears — does go through an ugly duckling phase, Walden acknowledges.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023
And then there is Recco, the ugly duckling among birds of paradise.
From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2019
Today, the architectural ugly duckling is a swan with an Instagram following.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2019
My parents look at me like they don’t quite know me, but in a good way, like they’re surprised to find that their ugly duckling was a swan all along.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
