Favoured is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Favoured meaning
- Treated or regarded with partiality.
- Having a certain appearance or physical features.
- Wearing a favour.
Using Favoured
- The main meaning on this page is: Treated or regarded with partiality. | Having a certain appearance or physical features. | Wearing a favour.
- In the example corpus, favoured often appears in combinations such as: favoured by, favoured the, favoured to.
Context around Favoured
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Favoured
- In this selection, "favoured" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, others, matabeleland, market, atiku, paying and fighting stand out and add context to how "favoured" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include activities are favoured as are and and was favoured by judge. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "favoured" sits close to words such as adjusting, condemn and defamation, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with favoured
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, the Union Government has not favoured the demand so far. (11 words)
DIY activities are favoured, as are casual and low-key social gatherings. (12 words)
His words, “You say Newcastle were favoured but it was a Premier League vote. (14 words)
But Tinubu, in an appeal, got the nod of Justice Gilbert to stay the execution of the Magistrate court ruling that favoured Atiku, but the presidential candidate has filed a counter-appeal on the judgment and was favoured by Judge Nancy Maldonado. (42 words)
Doak and Ramsay have their work cut out forcing their way into the Liverpool side in future; Mo Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold are currently the first choice picks respectively in their favoured right wing and right back berths. (39 words)
Flats were the order of the day, and the mother-of-two, who travelled with aides to the airport donned a favoured pair of $770 Valentino 'Roman Stud' mules in ivory calfskin. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
But Tinubu, in an appeal, got the nod of Justice Gilbert to stay the execution of the Magistrate court ruling that favoured Atiku, but the presidential candidate has filed a counter-appeal on the judgment and was favoured by Judge Nancy Maldonado.
Some favoured paying off the Viking invaders with land and wealth, while others favoured fighting to the last man.
Some favoured responsible government within Southern Rhodesia while others (especially in Matabeleland) favoured membership in the Union of South Africa.
According to the authors, the first metatarsal underwent selection during the transitioning 'dinosaurs-bird' phase where a shorter bone was favoured.
Apple increased the RAM in the iPhone 15 Pro Max to 8GB, up from 6GB in the predecessor, but the downtrend in the global memory market favoured the Cupertio-based company.
Aside being expressly favoured by the zoning arrangement, Sir John Ngbede is immensely qualified for the position of the Deputy Governor of the State.
But its favoured choice is to demolish the building to free up land for much-needed housing.
But wider surveys had put the candidates almost neck and neck, with Mr Yousaf favoured among SNP voters.
Cardinia will be favoured to get back on the winners list this week against bottom-placed MCC Hockey Section.
DIY activities are favoured, as are casual and low-key social gatherings.
Doak and Ramsay have their work cut out forcing their way into the Liverpool side in future; Mo Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold are currently the first choice picks respectively in their favoured right wing and right back berths.
Do your research on which clubs are visited by tourists, and which are favoured by locals.
Earlier in the day, workers of the state-owned railway company PKP gave out cream pies favoured by the late pope to train travelers heading to Warsaw.
Flats were the order of the day, and the mother-of-two, who travelled with aides to the airport donned a favoured pair of $770 Valentino 'Roman Stud' mules in ivory calfskin.
Fleece to Fashion chairman and Armidale wool grower Lachlan Fulloon said the aim was to keep wool at the top of the fashion industry's list of favoured fibres.
For example, BlackBerry says respondents heavily favoured the use of AI tools for cybersecurity defense (81 per cent).
He said: “We commend the decision of the outgoing administration in phasing out the petrol subsidy regime which has increasingly favoured the rich more than the poor.
He will likely turn his attention to his favoured market in the English lower leagues.
His words, “You say Newcastle were favoured but it was a Premier League vote.
However, the Union Government has not favoured the demand so far.
Common combinations with favoured
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- favoured by 40×
- favoured the 23×
- favoured to 14×
- his favoured 13×
- is favoured 8×
- that favoured 7×
- are favoured 7×
- most favoured 7×
- the favoured 7×
- heavily favoured 6×