He was rehearsing the proceedings at the meeting partly for the joy of hearing himself talk, and partly at the instance of his wife, who had been prevented from attending by the inopportune illness of one of the children.
The blacksmith had come begirt with his leather apron, his shirt-sleeves rolled up, and with his hammer in his hand, an inopportune customer having jeopardized his chance of sharing in the sensation of the day.
Nothing could have confused her more than this inopportune reference to the afternoon of the swing.
At this inopportune moment a door opened and a delicate blonde lady in a pink kimono, followed by an inquisitive poodle, peered anxiously out.
One must in fact distinguish between troubles of speech confined to occasions when the faculty is in operation and those that consist in not merely useless but inopportune utterance.
In the case of the latter, leisure of mind and body is the signal for the apparition of the inopportune movements.
The plans adopted to inhibit inopportune motor manifestations will prove of value for psychical imperfections.
Be it never so inopportune or absurd, it is not a tic.
Such co-ordinated movements, however causeless and inopportune they may appear, cannot be identified with mere pathological reflexes or spasms.
The patient is disconcerted by their withdrawal, and prone to recommence his inopportune movements.
It is precisely this exaggerated and inopportune multiplication of movement that is pathological.
The execution of a functional act at an inopportune moment constitutes another variety of functional disorder.
The essential points are that he use both arms simultaneously, symmetrically, and accurately, and that all inopportune gestures be inhibited.
But she baffled her companion a little by saying-- "I suppose you want Orange to marry your inopportune Archduchess?
My fault is, unquestionably, a most inopportune delicacy of feeling.
Even more disastrous, however, would be an inopportunewell blowout or other major spill in arctic waters.
The potential exists, therefore, for a tremendous impact (from a single inopportune oil spill) upon these species and upon the entire ecosystem.
Many awkward and sometimes amusing anecdotes are told in connection with the inopportune visit.
Leo had received an especial command to meet his brother kindly, and this defiance came at a most inopportune moment.
Assessor Hubert could not have come at a more inopportune moment, but the evil star which had always controlled this young man's wooing, now guided him into the presence of his beloved.
But I warn you that I shall be very angry if you fail to justify the impertinence of this insistence at so inopportune a moment.
As it was he bit his lip in vexation at this most inopportune interruption.
The only thing I regret is that it should have been at so inopportune a time," he added, in tones of deep concern.
Still it is probable that she would have asked him, but for the inopportune return of the Paynes.
And what about the religious wars--" III It was at this inopportune moment that they met Mortimer.
An amazed silence fell, and in it they heard the great grille door of the basement clang on the inopportune foreigner's departure.
Creake has everything in his favour, but it is just within possibility that the driver of an inopportune tram might notice the appendage.
And there was always, conceivably, that inopportune third party, a preferred rival, to be counted with, who might have been first on the field.
Thou shalt not be able to find a condition inopportune or ignoble?
As inopportune as possible," replied the eunuch with repellent harshness.
We will say asinopportune as the degree of haste necessary for its decision.
This is not the time and place for theatrical display orinopportune heroism.
But I did not push forward; thinking it inopportune and of no importance to me.
That of admiration for King Friedrich was not intrinsically foolish, in the solitary thoughts of the poor young fellow; nay it was the reverse; though it was highlyinopportune in the place where he stood.
He cursed in his heart at the inopportune arrival.
Mr. Cecil Burleigh also perceived that something was amiss, and not to distress his friend by inopportune remark, he said where he and Miss Fairfax were going.
But his wife, who helps the poor liberally in the winter, is of twice the use in the parish that he is, with his inopportune 'spiritchus visits.
Real beings soon annoyed him like the inopportune sounds that sometimes awoke him from beautiful dreams.
And Ferragut continued on, smiling rather bitterly at this inopportune recollection.
The monosyllable had scarcely escaped from his lips, short, energetic and determined, when he was interrupted by Stubbs, who seemed destined to appear at inopportune moments on that day.
Perhaps, after all, the Archbishop had made the remark attributed to him, and Rodolph seemed determined on the most inopportune occasion, to give colour to it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "inopportune" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
