Bucke had not mentioned the housekeeper's name, and the kindly, hospitable person who had been introduced as Mrs. Davis belied in every way the description of the sailor's unrefined widow.
The returning prodigal was received with as much affection as could be expected in a family with such uncultivated hearts and such unrefined habits as were found in the cabin of John Crockett.
With the unrefined eminently, and in a considerable degree with the most refined, noise is one of the essential elements of festivity.
Two kinds of unrefined camphor are known in commerce.
And Babar learnt also, in a rude, unrefined way, all the accomplishments of a Turkhi nobleman.
Then I'm an unrefined working woman, that's all," she said complacently.
They simply get down to it--all except the unrefined working women.
And if this feeling was correct, its mental form took an unrefined shape corresponding to her origin and station.
One of them who sang with great spirit, was loudly applauded, and poured forth song after song, of the most rude and unrefined character.
On each side, as if to heighten its elegance by contrast with rude and unrefined nature, are the statues of the Wrestlers, and the slave listening to the conspiracy of Catiline, called also The Whetter.
He embraced theunrefined and the savage as well as the tender and human.
In that respect Rotha did not suffer; the exclusive companionship of two such ignorant and unrefined persons was a grievance on the other hand which pressed harder every day.
A small mite (Tyroglyphus sacchari), often found in great numbers in unrefined sugar.
Defn: Pertaining to, or of the nature of, unrefined or raw sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses.
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, unrefined or raw sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses.
Instead of this, manual labor has been made dishonorable and unrefined by being forced on the ignorant and poor.
Then, again, labor being confined chiefly to theunrefined and uncultivated, is disgraced and rendered unattractive to the young.
The low standard of morality also, which is reflected in the same pages, is due quite as much to the predominance of the dogmatic over the moral element of Christianity, as to the unrefined and rude conditions of life.
To be sure Mrs. Goodenough was a commonplace, unrefined woman.
However unrefined their airs and speech might be, he was forced to admit some moral refinement in their treatment of the consumptive workman, whose mental distinction impressed them chiefly as a harmless, silent raving.
Feeling herself a decided belle, Miss Dawson was in high spirits (that trying test to an unrefined woman.
Literally, like an oration teeming with unrefined expressions.
Myself also, of unrefined soul, overcome with affection for my children, scrupled not to despise the high-souled sons of Pandu that are observant of morality.
To the right of each plate, a little jaggery (unrefined sugar) is placed on a piece of plantain leaf.
Having cooked the rice, the eldest son brings it into the middle room, and mixes it with some unrefined sugar, plantains and pappadams, making two balls, one large and one small.
Toddy-drawing, and every thing connected with the manufacture and sale of arrack (country liquor) and unrefined sugar, form the orthodox occupation of the Tiyan.
Society, amongst both the former and the latter, was founded, however unrefined and irregular it still was; and neither the former nor the latter had lost the flavor and the usages of their ancient liberties.
Probably, in low, unrefined households they do have refuse.
If the hive simply got together and buzzed, or even brought unrefined treacle from some cyclopaedia, let us say, of treacle, there would be no honey added to the general store.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unrefined" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
