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Example sentences for "unseemly"

Lexicographically close words:
unsectarian; unsecured; unseeing; unseeingly; unseemliness; unseen; unsegmented; unseizable; unseldom; unselected
  1. Well, to-day--ought I to have put up with their allowing themselves to be treated in such an unseemly way, and their treating me in such an unseemly way?

  2. In this only the true Quaker, or Friend, has faith; and it is from rigidly, perhaps strainingly carrying it out, that both the Old and New England records of Quakerdom show some unseemly and insane acts.

  3. I conjure thee, carry not this unseemly jest too far lest we all lose our lives; for perhaps the joke may come to thy father's ears and who shall then deliver us from his hand?

  4. Now when the duenna heard this, the light starkened in her sight and she feared from her mischief with sore affright, and said to her, "O my Lady Budur, what unseemly words are these?

  5. What wouldst thou, young sir, at this unseemly hour?

  6. Farewell, my child; but I pray thee to discontinue thy unseemly labour, for I must send in the neighbours to perform the duties to thy departed mother, whose soul I trust is with its God.

  7. Fulvius himself, who was the first to get drunk, spoke and acted in a way quite unseemly for a man of his age.

  8. But as Antonius violently opposed this, and vented much abuse of Dolabella and received as much in return, Caesar, being ashamed of these unseemly proceedings, went away.

  9. Finally, he filled his books and writings with his own praises, and though his oratory was most agreeable and had the greatest charm, he made it wearisome and odious to the hearers by his unseemly habit, which stuck to him like a fatality.

  10. And by this unseemly kind of death that most just man departed from life, merely for having dared to interpose some delay to the miserable calamities of many citizens.

  11. Stop that unseemly mirth," called out the marchesa from the sofa; "it is most indecent.

  12. I desire no altercation, marchesa, nor will I permit you to address such unseemly words to me.

  13. He was at any rate a bringer of good fortune to his friends, the Dean retorted; one friend at least he had saved from an unseemly outbreak of passion.

  14. But in spite of the great intimacy between our families, it was evident that her parents looked upon our friendship with disfavor, they probably thought it unseemly that she had chosen a boy for her companion.

  15. They flocked around us in an unseemly manner, uttering shrill cries and quacking hideously.

  16. It is very unseemly, very unseemly indeed," said Mrs Proudie; "nothing could possibly be more unseemly.

  17. Now that is, to say the least of it, an unseemly position for a beneficed clergyman.

  18. I am sure, my lord," said the doctor, "that you will see how unseemly it would be that I should interfere in any way between you and Mrs Proudie.

  19. Do you take my kitchen for a country tavern, to go touzelling with strange men in it in that unseemly way?

  20. And Lepardo said, "Yet we can die, in case you put unseemly conditions on us, my lord.

  21. The dignity of this unnecessary and disagreeable body was somewhat disturbed by a Senator in a wild state of intoxication, who from his place in the Chamber assailed in unseemly language the presiding officer.

  22. The vainest of all vain things, the most unseemly and revolting of all forms of pride, is the pride of disbelief in God and immortality.

  23. They hide beneath an unseemly veil, a beauty that should strike all eyes, and win all hearts.

  24. I reproved him once or twice, telling him how unseemly it was in an old man, professing to be a disciple and a minister of Jesus, to show such a spiteful disposition, and to utter such offensive words; and then went on with my argument.

  25. All thought this strange but Skarphedinn, he bade men not be downcast, nor to utter other unseemly sounds, so that men might make a story out of them.

  26. As for mirth, they laugh at such unseemly things.

  27. That night Yasmini's mood was simpler and less unseemly than the very virgin dress she wore.

  28. Moreover, as shouting and bawling were unseemly in a member of an order, he might not go a-hunting in a wood with bow and crossbow, nor accompany any one thus engaged, except to protect him against the heathen.

  29. No unseemly word or light mocking, no murmur or immoderate laughter, is let to pass unreproved, if any one should allow himself to indulge in such.

  30. Norton did not appear to be at all displeased at this, as I thought, unseemly exhibition!

  31. The bull on regaining his feet, rolled its eyes about, in search of something on which he might take revenge, for the unseemly way in which he had just been treated.

  32. Verily I say, the tongue is for mentioning what is good, defile it not with unseemly talk.

  33. Men’s unseemly deeds have kept them back from attaining unto Him.

  34. Now let us beseech God—praised be His glory—to graciously guide aright the followers of the Shí’ih sect and to purge them of unseemly conduct.

  35. Not blind to faults and follies, thou Hast never failed the good to see, Nor judged by one unseemly bough The upward-struggling tree.

  36. The Provincial Parliament was dissolved on the 28th of May, and as it was thought desirable to strike while the iron was hot, the elections were hurried on with unseemly haste.

  37. The contest had been waged between them with unseemly rancour.

  38. He used my official note-paper to back horses on, and was finally requested to leave, after an unseemly brawl with a book-maker's tout on my doorstep.

  39. There was a general laugh at this, which swelled to an unseemly roar when I drew the fatal number.

  40. My brother-in-law's contribution to the debate was an unseemly and irreverent parallel between Saturday night potations and Sunday morning "heads.

  41. Lord, protect me from certain people, demons and passions, and from any other unseemly thing.

  42. Save, Lord, and have mercy on those whom I have caused to stumble, turning them away from the path of salvation and leading them to evil and unseemly deeds.

  43. Make me worthy to partake of Thy most pure Body and Divine Blood, O Christ, for I am unworthy and accursed, defiled by unseemly deeds.

  44. At an hour almost unseemly Robert came, of course.

  45. It is unseemly for a priest to denounce priests.


  46. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unseemly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    aberrant; abnormal; abominable; atrocious; bad; barbaric; barbarous; barefaced; base; chintzy; clumsy; coarse; criminal; crude; delinquent; disgraceful; dishonorable; doggerel; dowdy; evil; futile; graceless; gross; grossly; harsh; ignominious; illegal; impolitic; improper; improperly; impure; inadmissible; inadvisable; inapplicable; inapposite; inappropriate; inapt; incongruous; incorrect; indecent; indecorous; indelicate; indiscreet; inelegant; inept; inexpedient; infamous; infelicitous; inopportune; irrelevant; low; malodorous; mismatched; misplaced; nasty; offensive; order; outlandish; outrageous; pale; ridiculous; rough; roughly; rude; sacrilegious; scandalous; seamy; sexy; shameful; shameless; sinful; spicy; suggestive; tasteless; terrible; unadapted; unapt; unbecoming; unbefitting; uncouth; undesirable; undignified; undue; unfit; unfortunate; ungraceful; unhappy; unlawful; unlikely; unnatural; unpolished; unprofessional; unqualified; unrefined; unrighteous; unscrupulous; unseasonable; unseemly; unsuitable; unsuited; untimely; untoward; unwise; vulgar; wicked; wrong; wrongful