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    Use "unseemly" in a sentence

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    unseemly


    1. Leonora couldn't guess, and Ruby couldn't tell her, exactly what was in the large, oddly shaped crate, but it took four hands and two backs to maneuver it out of the truck and into the garage of the grateful recipient, who gave them each an extra cash bonus as he rubbed his hands together with unseemly delight


    2. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet


    3. A brief but unseemly episode marred the otherwise well-conducted ceremony when Scovel, angry at being excluded by Shafter’s ban on the press, scaled the roof of the Palace in order to appear in photographs of the flag-raising


    4. When a society begins to lose its moral compass or becomes less critical of questionable points of views or unseemly behavior that diminishes an individual‘s intellectual and moral character, however, and when principled and far-sighted judgments(s) become increasingly muddled and uncertain and when that society fails to exercise reasonable discretion by indiscriminately embracing every hare-brained idea for tolerance sake or taking every (novel) proposition at its face value without giving serious thought to the matter and when an individual, lest he or she be perceived as close-minded or confrontational, remains on the sidelines as a casual observer rather than an active participant, such actions or inactions, whatever the case may be, must inevitably usher the moral and intellectual decline of that society


    5. In order to break bad habits, an individual needs to return unseemly habits back to the ―realm of consciousness and regain the ability to make (constructive) choices


    6. An individual cannot always control the currents of his or her own thoughts although it lies within that individual to critically examine the appropriateness of such thoughts or ideas that might otherwise influence his or her behavior in an unseemly manner


    7. Notwithstanding our human shortcomings, however, how far should any society be expected to tolerate, for ―unity‘s sake‖, irreconcilable moral and ethical misconduct that is quickly gaining momentum within political circles? Who remains accountable for the unseemly actions of our public officials who seem unwilling or unable to reform themselves, if not the Conscience of the American People? In what manner does that society continue supporting notions of unity in view of prevailing (double) standards that falsely qualify appearances as uncharacteristic or unimportant? In what manner does that society achieve consistency between public and private matters where


    8. Therefore, we are witnessing a disturbing tendency of ascribing unseemly behavior to phantom designs irrationally impervious to experience, evidence and final proofs that should (otherwise) correctly inform our actions


    9. “I’m very sorry about having to rezort to zis kind of unseemly beehavior, but I thought zat perhaps a test vould be more convinzing


    10. The Patriarch let out an almost hysterical laughter, his shoulders bobbing freely up and down in an unseemly lack of decorum

    11. The Castigator let off what could be considered an unseemly laugh, and continued:


    12. I‘m sorry to be calling you at this unseemly hour, but we had a phone call from your brother, Adam Allerton


    13. I wouldn’t dream of disturbing her when she and the wind are in the throws of passion; it would be unseemly


    14. Then I said: 'for what object is this blessed land, which is entirely filled with trees, and this accursed valley between?' Then Uriel, one of the holy angels who was with me, answered and said: 'This accursed valley is for those who are accursed forever: Here shall all the accursed be gathered together who utter with their lips against the Lord unseemly words and of His glory speak hard things


    15. 45 unseemly; And the Lord of the sheep sent the lamb to another lamb and raised it to being a ram and leader of the sheep instead of that


    16. 53 But Adikam was a cunning and wise man and knowing in all the wisdom of Egypt, but of unseemly aspect, thick in flesh, and very short in stature; his height was one cubit


    17. One can easily pick out the person that makes these unseemly remarks because they are always Democratic Socialists


    18. Then I said: 'for what object is this blessed land which is entirely filled with trees and this accursed valley between?' Then Uriel one of the holy angels who was with me answered and said: 'This accursed valley is for those who are accursed forever: Here shall all the accursed be gathered together who utter with their lips against the Lord unseemly words and of His glory speak hard things


    19. 53 But Adikam was a cunning and wise man and knowing in all the wisdom of Egypt but of unseemly aspect thick in flesh and very short in stature; his height was one cubit


    20. He could, he supposed, have gleaned the details from the man’s mind as such fresh knowledge would not yet be buried deep, but he had not thought to do so and besides it would have been unseemly

    21. " I answered her "Lady have I sinned against you? How? or when spoke I an unseemly word to you? Did I not always think of you as a lady? Did I not always respect you as a sister? Why do you falsely accuse me of this wickedness and impurity?" With a smile she replied to me "The desire of wickedness arose within your heart


    22. What then think you all? If one does anything unseemly in the incorruptible contest what shall he have to bear? For of those who do not preserve the seal [unbroken] [the Scripture] says "Their worm shall not die and their fire shall not be quenched and they shall be a spectacle to all flesh


    23. that some individual or group has discreditable opinions or unseemly habits, this minority may be


    24. “That’s a fire exit but also used to bring in supplies and staff so nothing goes through the reception rooms during an event---such activity would be tacky and unseemly


    25. " When he entered the house, he found the flute-players already there with the mourners, who were making an unseemly tumult; already were the relatives engaged in weeping and wailing


    26. " And then, looking straight into the eyes of the two honor-seeking apostles, he said: "Because I have long known and loved you; because I have even lived in your mother's house; because Andrew has assigned you to be with me at all times; therefore do you permit your mother to come to me secretly, making this unseemly request


    27. Since others had seized the high seats, Peter thought to choose the lowest, and he did this, not merely in protest against the unseemly pride of his brethren, but with the hope that Jesus, when he should come and see him in the place of least honor, would call him up to a higher one, thus displacing one who had presumed to honor himself


    28. Imagine the amazement of these twelve men, who had so recently refused to wash one another's feet, and who had engaged in such unseemly disputes about positions of honor at the table, when they saw him make his way around the unoccupied end of the table to the lowest seat of the feast, where Simon Peter reclined, and, kneeling down in the attitude of a servant, make ready to wash Simon's feet


    29. The unseemly couple went into the big building behind the shack and Joe Billie, still carrying the war club, pointed it at a table


    30. Despite this, the unseemly gentleman stood up off his barstool and walked over, glass in hand

    31. continued, “I am afraid that it would be unseemly for the


    32. envy, doesn't brag, and is not arrogant; LOVE does not behave unseemly, does not seek its own


    33. It is perhaps unseemly to defend the vapourising of two cities that some view as the most monstrous acts of the twentieth century


    34. that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet


    35. Much earlier than that, and their unseemly


    36. It was unseemly to enter her bedroom


    37. For the couple having disappeared beneath the window, short of stretching themselves out of it to watch, which would have been unseemly, there was nothing for it but to get on with Pythagoras


    38. I was in no mood to listen to their idle chitchat about how unseemly it is for a man to visit a young woman in her rooms, without a female relative or servant being present


    39. Natalia’s driver has my full permission to overtake us and you’ll be free to ride with her the rest of the way after she admonishes me about unseemly manners! ” His eyes twinkled and his laugh eased my discomfort


    40. Should I--" a small pause, while Manby struggled with, and triumphed over, an inconvenient and unseemly feeling in her throat which easily might have ended as a sob--"should I tell the housekeeper to prepare a room?"

    41. He slithered through the doorway first, hoping to shield his steady girl from any particularly unseemly spectacle


    42. Her mother would have thought it unseemly to see her sitting down on the ground


    43. The nursery was furnished, the cradle trimmed, a pale blue perambulator blocked the passage, neat stacks of little clothes filled the cupboards, and Frau Dosch, a hoary person of unseemly conversation, interviewed and told to be on the alert


    44. We continued but his leg was between mine and I didn’t want to end up on the floor in some unseemly tryst


    45. “My Lord, it would be highly unseemly,” Chambers said, stepping forward


    46. since it would most certainly be unseemly for the Prime


    47. I asked, what, and I got the answer, that they strip naked and play around with each other, which sounded very interesting though I was sure my parents would never indulge in such unseemly conduct


    48. Which I did, much to my disgust both for my meekness and this unseemly gesture, this distortion of the humility that Christ tried to teach us


    49. And we can’t have that, now; can we? Then there would be chaos, change, upheaval… All conservatives constantly rave about the unseemly changes happening in their once-comfortable, unquestioned existence


    50. how I did want to do unseemly things to her
































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    Synonyms for "unseemly"

    indecent indecorous unbecoming uncomely unseemly untoward improper inappropriate rough wrong unattractive unbeautiful ugly deformed

    "unseemly" definitions

    not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society