Sentence examples for too handsome for from inspiring English sources

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Adam O'Byrne, who plays Mitch, Stanley's pal and perhaps Blanche's last chance at love, is a little too handsome for the role.

Some judged him too handsome for the BBC's 2011 adaptation of Great Expectations, griping that it made no sense for Pip to outshine Estella.

Grant's casting was met with criticism from the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA), who felt that he was too handsome for the part.

The rabble-rousers were supporters of the pageant's runner-up, vegetable porter William Masvinu, who claimed that Sere was too handsome for the title.

Alan Taylor and Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner thought that Hamm was too handsome for the role, but decided that "it was perfect to cast sort of the perfect male in this part"; Weiner also sensed that the actor had not been raised by his parents, similar to Draper's backstory.

The New York Observer concluded: "[The film] gets most of its laughs from the evolved expertise of Hugh Grant in playing characters that audiences enjoy seeing taken down a peg or two as a punishment for philandering and womanising and simply being too handsome for words-and with an English accent besides.

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The middle eastern country made headlines earlier this month after supposedly deporting three men for being too handsome.

Criticising Bathurst for being too handsome to convey the frustrations of a writer, the Daily Telegraph said that the show had "its problems but possesses a dark, mordant wit".

His face, like his name, was chiselled and memorable, and, after deciding that he was too handsome, I began to examine him for flaws.

Bay is an easy target for some critics: too handsome, too palatable, too much like the posse of soulful British and Irish male balladeers such as George Ezra and Hozier, who've already made it.

I suspect he won't sink for long — he's too central, and too handsome, to just drift away — but he's sunk for tonight.

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