This was not a disagreeable look — it was not aggressive or sly, it was not appraising.
His own image; no longer a dark, gray bird, ugly and disagreeable to look at, but a graceful and beautiful swan.
Now, I understand that's a lot harder to do with a child who is being disagreeable, but look for chances to share a laugh, whip up a dessert, or have a cuddle while you watch a movie together.
Today, we still live in a dangerous and disagreeable world, but looking within, we are discovering that the peace and freedom that we once thought were the goal of the spiritual path are actually the foundation for something much deeper.
"She said, 'one looks so disagreeable when one is not smiling'.
You probably already know the story of the orphaned Mary Lennox, "the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen", and her rehabilitation of the spooky walled-in garden with the killer tree (the one the late Mrs Craven fell out of).
Leaving the al-Iman Billah, we moved next door, to a coffeehouse, and sat at one of a number of small wicker tables spilling out into the alleyway, while four disagreeable-looking plainclothes security men at the table next to us were fingering worry beads.
His mother gave hers some thought, looking upon it as a special treat, while his father served himself "a stiff one" in a more matter-of-fact way, his every movement expressing a conviction that he had a right to this stuff, no matter how disagreeable or lugubrious or romantic it might soon make him.
I am aware I sound like the disagreeable daughter who won't look after her old mum, but this is not good.
"Look, you can disagree without being disagreeable.
In fact, it was painful, disagreeable to see".
