Sentence examples for if ugly from inspiring English sources

The reports of barracking and intimidation by Yes supporters were only a small if ugly part of what was an exemplary exercise in democratic politics.

Even when he seems to be a messy poet, and difficult to make cohere, I sense truth trying to make some grand, if ugly, appearance.

There are a number of useful, if ugly, lessons to be learned by examining four decades of repression in Myanmar -- a reign of fear, poverty and isolation that, so far, shows no signs of coming to an end.

It was a minor, if ugly, episode that might quickly have been forgotten except that it snowballed into a sweeping government campaign — not against crime in the city's markets, but against illegal immigrants, though the suspect was not an immigrant at all.

Despite all these comments, the two judges voting to affirm Hayat's conviction contorted themselves into pretzels to find non-bigoted interpretations of these comments and to conclude, ultimately, that even if ugly, these sentiments are not enough to compel a new trial.

Nevertheless, she broke and held to level the set scores, and on they went to the third, where Bouchard's admirable resistance crumbled after she had saved four match points, leaving Sharapova's followers happy enough after two hours and 27 minutes of exquisite if ugly struggle, her 18th three-set win on clay, her third in a row here.

It seemed as if an ugly fight might mar the game.

The Basziles' arrival in Palos Verdes Estates was met with limited if nonetheless ugly resistance.

But still beautiful, even if the ugly old Strand rumbles away outside.

The candidates had already taken a contentious, if not ugly, approach in the campaign for the 27th District.

And the heartbreak of losing Figo is finally subsiding: there is a new, if rather ugly King in town.