Sentence examples for lacking in elegance from inspiring English sources

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These are more interesting for philological study than as literature, being repetitious and lacking in elegance.

While lacking in elegance, this sharpener works well and is a good choice for those who simply want an efficient and effective tool.

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What the choreography lacked in elegance it made up for in entertainment.

What this wayside weed lacks in elegance – an overrated quality in my view – it makes up for in the brilliance of its blue flowers.

But its flaws are easy to forgive; what it lacks in elegance it more than makes up in pluck and charm.

And while their wines most likely won't compete with those coming out of better-known northerly areas like Walla Walla or the Finger Lakes anytime soon, we found that what they may lack in elegance and grandeur, they make up for in homey charm, in large part thanks to the winemakers, who have mostly turned hobbies into full-time gigs and are a likable, down-to-earth bunch.

The ploy worked as a finish that made up in effectiveness what it lacked in elegance sent Mourinho down the touchline and Chelsea into the semi-final.

Glasgow may not have the majestic grandeur of Edinburgh or the pristine beauty of the Scottish Highlands, but what Scotland's most populated city lacks in elegance it more than makes up for with hip, urban style -- which lately has been closely tied to a vintage shopping explosion.

Mr Ahern may have been "lacking in suave elegance," reported the Independent, "but as usual that was more than made up for by his evident abilities and all-round political competence".

He had nothing to say about "Grand Illusion" or "Children of Paradise," which he regarded as being so day-before-yesterday in elegance of expression and so lacking in transgressive spritz.

Pom Avoledo praised Minogue for returning to her signature dance-pop style and complimented her for giving "Spinning Around" an "air of elegance and sensuality which was lacking in her early material".

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