FAVORABLE in a Sentence

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Danglars was balancing his monthly accounts, and it was perhaps not the most favorable moment for finding him in his best humor.

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 Meanings and Examples of FAVORABLE
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favorable
 a.  approving or pleasing; granting what has been desired or requested
Classic Sentence: (173 in 12 pages)
1  Villefort's first impression was favorable; but he had been so often warned to mistrust first impulses, that he applied the maxim to the impression, forgetting the difference between the two words.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7. The Examination.
2  Villefort retained his place, but his marriage was put off until a more favorable opportunity.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13. The Hundred Days.
3  Finally ten months and a half had gone by and no favorable change had taken place, and Dantes began to fancy the inspector's visit but a dream, an illusion of the brain.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14. The Two Prisoners.
4  This would have been a favorable occasion to secure his dinner; but Dantes feared lest the report of his gun should attract attention.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave.
5  Our expedition made a favorable beginning.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 44. The Vendetta.
6  Franz is not expected to return home for a year to come, I am told; in that time many favorable and unforeseen chances may befriend us.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 51. Pyramus and Thisbe.
7  Danglars was balancing his monthly accounts, and it was perhaps not the most favorable moment for finding him in his best humor.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 78. We hear From Yanina.
8  These words made a favorable impression on behalf of the accused.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 86. The Trial.
9  I like a favorable reception; it expands the countenance, and those around me do not then appear so ugly.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 95. Father and Daughter.
10  "Here I am, your excellency," said Peppino, with an eagerness which Danglars thought favorable to him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 116. The Pardon.
11  My opinion of those accessories was not favorable.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
12  But he was often talked at, while they were in progress, by reason of Mrs. Joe's perceiving that he was not favorable to my being taken from the forge.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII
13  I kept an eye on Orlick after that night, and, whenever circumstances were favorable to his dancing at Biddy, got before him to obscure that demonstration.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVII
14  That impression had been favorable.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 12
15  He went towards the pavilions at the most favorable moment for escaping attention.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 24
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
16  According to preliminary, unofficial figures, a large majority, some 84 percent, voted in favor.
17  With infinite difficulty, for he was stubborn as a stone, I persuaded him to make an exchange in favor of a sober black satin and pearl-grey silk.
18  The boss was able to rig the election by bribing people to stuff the ballot boxes with ballots marked in his candidate's favor.
19  The new eleven hour curfew has been brought in by an administration seemingly desperate to stop what has now become a wave of demonstrations against King Gyanendra, his son Crown Prince Paras and increasingly, in favor of a republic.
20  She was constantly surrounded by a group of fawning admirers who hoped to win some favor.
21  Then it occurred to him that the great adventure itself must be a dream! There was one very strong argument in favor of this idea -- namely, that the quantity of coin he had seen was too vast to be real.
22  Because the judge played golf regularly with the district attorney's father, we feared he might be biased in the prosecution's favor.
23  Although a majority of countries are in favor, some Arab states are apparently not convinced that Israel needs to be accommodated in this way.
24  What a night it was for Germany: a desperately close race between the two candidates for Chancellor, declarations of victory by both, then the figures turned slightly in favor of Gerhard Schroeder and the Greens.
25  There was no alternative for them to vote in favor.
26  If you wish to lower yourselfin a person's favor, one good way is to tell his story over again, the way we heard it.
27  Congress voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill.
28  The new development turned the scales in favor of that school.
29  Jane should get a good rise this year; she's in high favor with the management.
30  Chance favors only the prepared mind.