Sentence examples for unflattering light from inspiring English sources

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"unflattering light" is correct and usable in written English.
It is a phrase used to describe something that appears unattractive, usually because it emphasizes flaws or weaknesses. For example, "The unflattering light of the overhead lamp made Mary look exhausted."

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The contrast cast Mags in unflattering light.

We're also afraid of painting ourselves in an unflattering light.

Arab governments have chafed at being shown in an unfamiliar, often unflattering light.

A trial might have shown Citigroup in an unflattering light even if it had won.

Justice Antonin Scalia has a knack for drawing unflattering light to himself and the Supreme Court.

But the directors' investigation shed an unflattering light on both the president and his girlfriend.

If they're successful it may cast an unflattering light on HMRC's decision to stand pat.

More often, though, aiming from oblique angles, Mr. Levinstein put his subjects in unflattering light.

This time a series of leaks cast an unflattering light on what was going on.

That story, and others, show the narrator in a brutally honest and unflattering light.

Rising prices have cast China's whole funeral industry in an unflattering light.

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