favor

[ˈfeɪvər]

Definition:
1. An act of gracious kindness.
2. Souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party.
3. An advantage to the benefit of someone or something.

Use 'favor' in a sentence:

1. He favors extending the school day and school year.
2. The margin in favor was 280-to-153.
3. Most people, in fact, favor the lessening of prejudice.
4. They were all in favor of the good tasting beans even though they didn't grow fast or very tall.
5. 'What if they gave a war and nobody came?' was one of his generation's favored aphorisms.
6. Low salinity and high temperatures favor the survival of the starfish larvae.
7. The emperor abdicated in favor of his son.
8. Hi, Joe, I wonder if you could do me a favor and tell the professor I've lost my voice.
9. The exchange rate is in our favor.
10. Will you do me a favor?
11. There was no alternative for them to vote in favor.
12. Could you do me a favor?
13. Three-fourths of the public say they favor a national referendum on the issue.
14. It was a Christmas when shoppers passed by expensive silks in favor of more practical gifts.
15. It is illegal for public officials to solicit gifts or money in exchange for favors.
16. He rejected an objective understanding of color, in favor of a more subjective understanding.
17. Having little understanding of natural causes, it attributes both desirable and undesirable occurrences to supernatural or magical forces, and it searches for means to win the favor of these forces.
18. She is out of favor with her employer.
19. I won't curry favor with him.
20. Price control would gradually disappear in favor of a free market.
21. Spurrier later admitted that he had been certain of the superiority of French wine and had done his best to tilt the contest in their favor.
22. They bought every single one of these guests a pair of new shoes for a party favor.
23. The judge was biased in favor of the local team.
24. Today's election will skew the results in favor of the northern end of the county.
25. He has to just ride this out and hope that it turns in his favor.
26. The general opinion is in favor of us.
27. The balance of maritime superiority has tipped in favor of us.
28. Often, opposition comes not only from the conservatives, who cling to tradition, but also from the extremist militants, who favor neither the old nor the new.
29. The jury voted 8-to-4 in favor of acquittal.
30. All in favor of this proposition will please say "Aye".
31. A coach should not favor one player over another on the team.
32. Perhaps the judge would rule in favor of me.
33. he new teacher finds favor in the eyes of the parents.
34. Each of these states is seeking to adjust the balance of power in its favor.
35. Recent opinion polls show that 60 percent favor abortion under certain circumstances.
36. We tend to look at nature conservation as some kind of favor that human beings are granting to the natural world.
37. The new teacher lost favor in the eyes of the parents.
38. And some banks have begun to render such new services as issuing guarantees and witness in favor of the foreign investments.
39. With that kick and that blow Pinocchio gained everybody's favor.
40. This check is made out in favor of a food corporation.
41. To earn his favor and perhaps his protection, but even that god will have limited powers and abilities and may in fact be defeated or may turn on his devotees.
42. In their own work they may have favored the use of methodology different from mine.
43. Good old Bergen would do him the favor.
44. Then again, the air of accountability that the camera generates can also work in contractors' favor.
45. Who wants to be in favor of drowning sea turtles in fishing nets so that people can eat cheaper shrimp?
46. If city leaders were more accountable to their residents, they might favor projects designed to help them more.
47. The majority voted in favor of the proposal.
48. The first hypothesis is that low salinity and high temperatures favor the survival of the starfish larvae.
49. Some elevated people favor the new policy.
50. I know you will do me this little favor.
51. Would you do me a favor?
52. They phased out my job in favor of a computer.
53. They were much more likely to favor social-reform legislation and aid to education.
54. She would do her country and Europe favor if she were to speak out more.
55. The committee did not look upon the suggestion with favor.
56. Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect the mouth.
57. While listening，you can nod your head to show you in favor of his/ her views.
58. Safire writes hilariously of being banished from presidential favor.
59. Interestingly, it is not clear which solution the prime minister favors.
60. The new development turned the scales in favor of that school.
61. It may flatter you to know, Mastro Antonio, that I have come to you to beg for a favor.
62. Since he was color blind, he favored large, showy flowers.
63. Will you do me a favor, Lamp-Wick?
64. The politicians are bidding for our favor by making wild promises that they can't keep.
65. One relatively recent technique which has found some favor involves the inclusion of soluble trivalent antimony derivatives in the slurry during mixing.
66. There has been a decline in enrollment in liberal arts courses in favor of highly specialized training for high-paying careers, mostly in business.
67. I'm kep' on by favor—because she liked me.
68. The women say faculty opportunities in economics favor men.
69. You'd think you were the one who did me the favor, and not the other way around.
70. The case went in his favor.
71. He brought her some flowers, hoping to curry favor with her.
72. Do me a favor by turning off that radio!
73. Taft grumbled that the law so favored the criminal that trials seemed like a game of chance.
74. Science would favor Du Bois.
75. Jane should get a good rise this year; she's in high favor with the management.
76. Now someone has managed to return the favor.