favor

• That brought another smile, and I felt really damn good this visit—right up until the favor was asked. —  EQMM,November2007
• In her favor was the likelihood that a man like Sir Anthony wouldn't care to leave the excitement of London for a small country gathering, and Lady Eden had confided that this party, planned for months in advance, would be attended mostly by her neighbors, country gentry like herself who generally avoided London during the season. —  Johanna Lindsey - Tender Rebel
• To all these considerations in his favor is to be added the apparently triumphant fact, that his government was popular among the natives of India, and that his name is still remembered by them with gratitude and respect. —  Memoirs of the Life of Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan Vol 2
• In your favor is the fact that the po­lice found no evidence that there was more than one per­son in Grace's house when she died. —  Disordered Minds
• The only thing in his favor was the magic of a sword that had not been drawn in more than a dozen years—and an untested aspect of the enchantment, at that. —  Lawrence Watt-Evans - The Misenchanted Sword_v1.0

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