| 单词 | ungraceful |
| 例句 | “How ungraceful! the way I practically beg him for a reply.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Rusty brown hair scrambled every which way on her head, and she walked with an ungraceful limp. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The rest of her wasn’t ungraceful but her fingers were affirmatively and aggressively graceful. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z But she couldn’t ease the ungraceful tension in the singer’s shoulders, which tended to creep up protectively around her chin. Author explores the early years of Motown in ‘The Art of Grace’ 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z And she asks, “Women’s armpit hair is considered to be offensive, rude and ungraceful — how come it makes people so uncomfortable?” Shaving is the pits: Take up arms with Lena Dunham, Madonna and Miley in the fight against body hair oppression 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Now, however, as men emulate the clothes and body consciousness that were once solely women’s province, the laughter prompted by the narcissistic baby boomer male’s “ungraceful descent into middle age” is audible. Lay off Kim and Kanye! Why millennials actually aren’t “Generation Me” 2014-04-06T15:00:00Z It was an ungraceful tumble back into civilization — and probably good practice for returning to the rough waters of non-Culebra life. A relatively undeveloped island off Puerto Rico mainland offers solitude (amid unexploded bombs) 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Occasionally, the dialogue is ungraceful in connecting the lines between past and present. Review | The story of Emmett Till has been told before. ‘Women of the Movement’ reveals new layers of depth and tragedy. 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Hill’s two-inning start, though ungraceful and arduous, was, by all accounts, a positive. Will Rich Hill be playing for the Dodgers in the playoffs? 'I want to pitch' 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z “He certainly exceeded what our expectations were going into the season,” Ausmus said earlier this month, around the time his team’s ungraceful fall out of playoff contention made Robles’ appearances increasingly rarer. Mets castoff Hansel Robles, a.k.a. Caballo Blanco, has exceeded Angels' expectations 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z I remember feeling so ungraceful in the space, having no idea where to begin. I don't know how to satisfy myself: Best Sex Ever has advice 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Requirements that soldiers wear high-heeled boots led to “many blistered feet” and induced “a most ungainly walk and ungraceful carriage.” Japanese Women Want a Law Against Mandatory Heels at Work 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z “There is a certain number of things we could do to encourage the poa coming on, taking over faster. That was ungraceful to put it mildly,” KemperSports Vice President Matt Allen said. New greens in place, Chambers Bay ponders majors future 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Global markets took an ungraceful dive as talks between Beijing and Washington stopped entirely. The Week in Business: Farmers Get a Bailout, and Trump Heads to Japan 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Celebrate individual athletic talent & skill, but with the caveat that we are a clumsy, bumbling, ungraceful & physically malformed species, we've lost even our senses of smell & hearing. The Haunting of Lindsey Jacobellis 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z The official described the release of the nighttime statement as "ungraceful," but said the assessment that Syria was preparing for an attack is sound. White House warning on Syria's chemical weapons is test of Trump's credibility, and of intelligence community he attacks 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z There were midgame barbs about the rapid deterioration of his skills, the sad imminence of his retirement, the ungraceful downfall of a sure-thing Hall of Fame player. Broncos Haven’t Lost, Yet Peyton Manning Is a Lightning Rod 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z Her campaign is making that ungraceful roll that precedes the fatal, disintegrating tumble. Forget Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden Is the Democrats' Best Bet in 2016 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Pence is casting the move as “Medicaid reform,” which is an ungraceful bit of spin that lets him avoid saying he just accepted millions of dollars in Obamacare money. Pence sabotages the right: What happens when a conservative darling embraces Obamacare 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z It’s a one-way ratchet; you can always turn it up but it’s hard to back off without appearing ungraceful. Is Social Media Worth It For Small Businesses? 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z I squatted down and made my ungraceful way up the hill. Why Grown-Ups Should Play Outside 2012-11-14T13:00:00Z His coat of deep brown, covering the hips, like that of a crossbowman, was of the finest cloth, and ornamented with small lines of gold, in a quaint but not ungraceful pattern. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z Youth has its teaching, too, as well as age: We grow too old too soon; the flaxen head40 Of childhood apes experience' hoary crown, And prudent lisps ungraceful aged saws. Poems on Travel 2012-04-23T02:00:31.163Z It would be much more comfortable, as even a stout lady could not look much more ungraceful than she does now, besides materially lessening the danger. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z "It was all there," but all unseemly, ungraceful, undignified; for Polly Dill was pretty. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z His position is strained and ungraceful—looking upwards, and apparently remonstrating with the Almighty upon the destruction of the gourd, a few leaves of which are seen above him. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Her once ungraceful form becomes lithe, and her whole person changes in such a manner as to indicate that some great thing has happened. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Lean; lank; rawÐboned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female. ÷ aperture, ÷ distance. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Nothing could be more ungraceful or more unwomanly than for women to ride like men; and for short women or "little girls," it would be most objectionable. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z It rains hard to-day, and their white dresses cling to them with a ludicrously ungraceful effect. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z He scanned Ralph closely as he approached, and then, standing partly aside, with a not ungraceful wave of his hand welcomed Ralph to the hospitality of his house. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z To the left is the widely-spreading fa�ade of the Tuileries Palace, the ungraceful elevation of the pavilion roofs, well nigh forgotten, and quite atoned for by the beauty of the gardens at their feet. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z The extremely ungraceful and unpleasant motion known as the "double rise" is attributable to two distinct causes. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z Anything like hurry, while it is calculated to render the horse unsteady, is at the same time ungraceful, and the beginning of a bad habit always to be avoided. The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises 2012-02-13T03:00:14.370Z Altogether, his head would look well in a picture, though his ordinary and ungraceful dress, and quick, bustling manner, rather destroy the effect of it in society. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z The girl, she confessed, was not ungraceful, although slighter and generally straighter in figure than most young Englishwomen, and she had rather fine hair. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z On all sides rose the clamor of rude, Phœnician voices and the mouthing of ungraceful words. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z She found a pathos in the dull and unimpressive look of him--his bald, uncomely head, his ungraceful figure. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z This operation, ungraceful but effective, was frequently repeated during the day. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z And with such a gift of oratory—such a boundless wealth of diction set off by copious and not ungraceful gesticulation! Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z Long custom prevents her from realising how her form and movements are rendered artificial and ungraceful. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z Some of the earliest attempts at spire-building were uncouth and ungraceful, and even in these days the addition of a spire to a modern church does not necessarily add to its beauty. Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z But what is my ungraceful pen that it should hazard a description of her, or attempt the splendor of her white hair and her white hands! Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z This movement is too painful to the horse, too ungraceful, and too much opposed to the right development of his mechanism, not to have struck any one who has occupied himself at all with horsemanship. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z The women, though some of them were not ungraceful in figure, were not nearly equal, either in personal beauty or intelligence, to their male companions. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z She felt the true ring of friendly sympathy in every word that was spoken; the touches of slang pleased her; they were like the angularities of the lady's physical shape, severe and yet not ungraceful. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z By-the-bye, the dizzy and ungraceful practice of rocking in a rocking-chair is now discontinued by all genteel people, except when entirely alone. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z The male right arm, swinging like a pendulum, suggests itself as being the motive-power of the ungraceful mechanism. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z Annihilation of the instinctive forces of the horse, in order to substitute for them forces transmitted by the rider, and to give ease and beauty of motion to the ungraceful animal. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z The stones are so sharp and pointed that in parts you have to skip from one to the other, like a bear dancing on hot iron—an original but ungraceful method of locomotion. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z Sometimes, to be sure, they have the jerky, quick, and ungraceful movements of monkeys, but as a rule their actions are unconsciously graceful. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z There is something peculiarly ungenteel and ungraceful in a white ground with large red flowers and green leaves wandering over it. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z Her trays were light, and did not drag her into ungraceful attitudes, but he objected to see her carrying one for him. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z Changes of foot, in such a state, can only be obtained by inclining the horse very much to one side, which makes the movement both difficult and ungraceful. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z He was certainly not as much at home in saddle as on foot, and did not pretend to be, but he was by no means a poor or ungraceful rider. A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z You are a good for nothing, very ungraceful, very tactless, very tatterdemalion. Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z It is very ungraceful to eat an orange at table, unless, having cut a bit off the top, you eat the inside with a tea-spoon—otherwise reserve it for the privacy of your own room. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z His Tenors are considered good, and Otto says his violins have an excellent quality of tone when unspoiled, but are not esteemed on account of their ungraceful appearance. Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z A crowd of shades bedecked in their last earthly garniture were gliding and teetering about; some dignified as at a stately farce, others hilarious with ungraceful levity. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z “Your servant, Miss Betty!” the Westerner cried, sweeping off his broad-brimmed hat in a not ungraceful bow. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z But as he came fully into sight of the stone, the thought of the difficulty of getting upon it and of Caesar’s ungraceful figure brought to his mind the remembrance of H.K. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z The permission, which in the first instance ought indeed to have been rather an invitation, now seemed forced, ungraceful, and ungracious. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z It was once remarked by a shrewd observer that there were only three kinds of dancing, the graceful, the ungraceful, and the disgraceful. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z It went on: It must have required considerable ingenuity to give two and a half millions of human beings the priceless boon of Liberty in such a cold ungraceful way. Arianna Huffington v. Frederick Douglass 2011-07-19T04:19:00Z She simply couldn't get into an ungraceful attitude. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Ringlets were buried under mob-caps and old woollen-hoods, and smothered in bad straw hats and superannuated felt jockeys, tied down in the same ungraceful manner as those of the men. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z This ungraceful figure was modified very early, even in inscriptions. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. 2011-06-30T02:00:27.850Z Some people have habitual movements of the fingers that are really tics, and even positions assumed on sitting down that are very ungraceful, or that are very noticeable, sometimes partake of this character. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z “Oh, Jack!” cried Cora, as she had a hasty glimpse of her brother making a rather ungraceful dive over the side of the Corbelbes. The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z The man, watching, wondered if this marvelous creamy yellow animal could get into an ungraceful position. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z He triumphs over his desperate wounds, and stifling captivity, and one day my Brand sits up and knows me, whom last he had known as a foe, by the ungraceful contretemps of war. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Well, be it so—youth has a privilege, And I should be asham'd could I forget I have myself been young, and harshly chide This not ungraceful gaiety. The Fatal Falsehood 2011-05-31T02:00:36.033Z The choir was disfigured by an ungraceful 16th century altar. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z I have heard women speak so, and it always seemed to me very ungraceful. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z She was now twenty six; a tall, thin, sallow woman, ungraceful, of shy manners, and but little speech; but with a gentle face, a broad forehead, and large brown eyes. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z He had begun calmly; he ended with strange warmth and vehemence, throwing back his head with the presumptuous but not ungraceful confidence of youth. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z Their blue homespun jackets, rugged faces and not ungraceful attitudes are very suggestive to the artist. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z This ungraceful practice can be tolerated only for a moment when the mud is very deep. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z Mary Flannigan, singularly ungraceful but a real racer, with flapping arms and bowed legs, could get over the ice faster than the fleetest boy from Hill-Top. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z She heard their harsh, loud voices, not their words, and she saw their stiff, ungraceful gestures instead of the fancy-work and worked-over dresses which they showed her. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z The Queen wore a royal Stuart tartan shawl; it was heavy and cumbersome, and she looked ungraceful in it. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z She walked, too, with a short, ungraceful step, and there was an air of demure superiority about her which was scarcely calculated to impress favourably those of her own age at least. Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life 2011-03-24T02:00:14.360Z It was something human, at any rate, although its progression was slow and ungraceful, and marked with a peculiar but uniform action. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Mr. Hale consumed his fiery draught silently but with a not ungraceful self-possession. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z They were told in so fine a spirit, so free both from ungraceful levity and solemn pedantry, that the reader only regretted that they were too sparingly imparted. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z He was a tall thin man of thirty or less with a dark face lean enough to show hard ungraceful lines of chin and jaw. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z On the walls were colored bas-reliefs showing the occupations of field-workers, and in the corners of the hall were ungraceful statues of Osiris smiling pensively. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z This black-haired Welshman was picturesque and poetic, despite his threadbare cloth suit, made in the ungraceful mode of the day; and impressive, despite his equally threadbare phrases. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z Further inside the apartment were the queen's female attendants, sitting in the ungraceful manner peculiar to the Pingelap and Kusaie women. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z The pyramids of Egypt would awaken my respect, not so much by their age or size, as by the remembrance of the momentous scenes which have been enacted in their useless and ungraceful presence. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z Her movements were all slow, but not ungraceful, and her soft voice had almost a caress in it. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z This end was garlanded with flowers and foliage, and illuminated by a not ungraceful lantern of Chinese appearance, ornamented with coloured tapers. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z McAuliffe shambled up from his bed of loose stones with ungraceful motions. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z This costume was by no means ungraceful, for a soft skin mantle was thrown across the shoulders to complete the effect. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Do you think I could see him lounge, or, rather, slide down in his chair in that ungraceful way, and not speak to him about it? The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z Two ungraceful towers flank a classical portico, one of which is possessed of the usual ludicrous clock-face. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z Surely nothing can be more ungraceful than to see a lady shuffle and run across a street. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z And to offset the ungraceful verses that we have just considered, let us look at some changes by which Wordsworth has made fine passages finer still. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Without deigning to reply, Napoleon began an ungraceful imitation of the saraband, a dance that had been seen at this ball for the first time in St. Helena. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z You are very ungraceful and untidy, and annoy me, sometimes, excessively. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z A series of badly arched lancets in the choir are ungraceful and not in keeping with the other constructive details. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z The loose sacque is ungraceful, but a basque is most becoming on horseback. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z With an odd, detached shrewdness, she appraised the prominent attributes of her own appearance, its ungraceful immaturity. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z The flowers upon the vine are too large, and from them protrude great half-length figures, so much out of balance with the rest of the design as to render the ensemble lumbering and ungraceful. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z "But I know I used the words ungraceful, undignified, and country clod-hopper." The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z That foretaste of eternal torments, the gout, had rather confused the measure of his tread, and the stout old Admiral entered the lady's presence with an ungraceful limp. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z Dancing is really a simple and elegant gliding on the toes, which bend more or less to accommodate the steps, and prevent harsh, ungraceful motion. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z Even his tall, ungraceful figure and his awkward motions contributed to turn the hearts of men away from him. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Those who strive to prove that all such customs are obsolete everywhere—a thankless and even ungraceful task, it seems to me—will not admit that the Bidding has been known since 1870. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Our authors of this class seem ashamed that they are Americans, and accordingly are timid, ungraceful and weak. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z There, amid belching smokestacks and clanging delivery trucks, sits artwork made by Mr. Serra, a secret grace note in a decidedly ungraceful block. Rusting in a Crane Yard, Steel Art With a Pedigree 2010-09-24T15:23:00Z I forget who said that—probably Admiral Mahan—but it is true; and if these ships showed an ungraceful way of moving, they certainly complied with the definition of gun-platforms. H.M.S. —— It is only when the proportions of two or three of the classes are united in one individual, that the figure becomes ungraceful and remarkable. Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress She was not pretty, she was even plain, ungraceful, clumsy, badly-dressed.... Small Souls The woman was angular, with swift but ungraceful motion. The Reclaimers The shoulders looked angular, and her hips fell in straight, ungraceful lines from the high-waisted bodice. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers She took almost a man-size step; and yet it was curious that she did not seem ungraceful. The Voice of the Pack The waist of this kind of dress reached to the hips, where it was joined to the full petticoat, which was gathered round the top—an extremely ungraceful fashion. Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress And while he did the ungraceful act, their eyes met across the table. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath "As for that, I have seen Camilla Urso playing one before an audience of thousands, and no one thought her ungraceful." Rockhaven Probably it was his ungraceful inheritance that made George dislike a glass in Sylvia's fingers. The Guarded Heights She drew herself up at these words; her eyes glistened with moisture, her features assumed an expression of anxious emotion, and her gestures were hasty and ungraceful. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II He was a gay young man; his address was easy; his manners rather voluptuous than refined; confident, but not ungraceful. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact Refined taste would not have been satisfied with those heavy ungraceful mahogany chairs, with those conventional étagères. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Like a dream it faded; and hard, stern realities, unlovely hues, ungraceful forms, unkindly elements, rose round Adam in its room. Misread Passage of Scriptures The person of this individual might be said, from its want of symmetry and from a certain slovenly and ungraceful stoop in the head and shoulders, to have been protracted, rather than tall. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency The animals depicted are quaint, but not ridiculous, and the figure of St Matthew, in the upper angle of the cross, though stiff and ungraceful, is less peculiar than other figures in the book. The Story of Books His address was easy, his manners rather voluptuous than refined; confident but not ungraceful. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact We found this the easiest way and it was not ungraceful; sometimes when we were tired we rode sideways on the saddle, or with one leg over the pommel. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure It makes life ugly and ungraceful, and it puts the burden of our own duty on others. Five Minutes' Stories This annunciation was made by the sergeant with due solemnity, accompanied by an attempt at a bow, which was abundantly stiff and ungraceful. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Her figure was ungraceful, her movements were awkward, and, at the end of her first season, she found herself a dire failure. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday He was a gay young man; his address was easy; his manners rather voluptuous than refined; confident, but not ungraceful. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact The gesture was not alone ungraceful, but from its frequency it became, in a measure, a trick; and this they assailed with a degree of virulence far out of proportion to the offence. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience Two of the Indians occupied it with them, while the others and the sledge went in a second but smaller canoe of the same ungraceful design as the first. Harper's Round Table, July 9, 1895 When she raced over the lawn with her dog, it was not hard to see that clothing was an ungraceful impediment, even the short-skirted gowns she wore by day. Ewing\\'s Lady Yet his figure cannot be termed ungraceful or his appearance unattractive. The Religious Life of London He managed to eat, despite his ungraceful position and what he considered the scarcity of the food. Manners of the Age A large picture of "Joseph's Coat," in the collection of the Earl of Derby, is one of the most ungraceful and undignified spectacles that even Rembrandt's stern realism ever produced. Great Masters in Painting: Rembrandt van Rijn We doubt whether, except Rousseau, any autobiographer ever had the courage to accuse himself of so ungraceful a fault as infant miserliness. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. Memling may touch one perhaps; but he creates nothing but sick wretches and cripples; under the heavy, rich, and ungraceful robing of his virgins and saints one divines some very lamentable anatomy. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Their happy gift it is to have a softly tempered tint over even their egotism, making it often not ungraceful. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier The inspired maiden of these letters and journals is very unlike the "Miss Fuller" who in those very days was sometimes quoted as the very embodiment of all that is ungraceful and unfeminine. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) He followed, since he had no choice, the tether threatening constantly to foul his arms, legs or tail, and—worse, far worse—making his every mortifying movement ungraceful. The Thing in the Attic His address was easy and unaffected, his voice pleasantly toned, his smile sufficiently ready; and his whole manner was an agreeable blending of deference with a sort of not ungraceful self-esteem. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day He had a spare, not ungraceful body, a plain, dark face, a humorous mouth, steady eyes: a man easily forgotten or overlooked unless he willed it otherwise. The Destroying Angel Must we make the ungraceful confession that Gerald was not very much in love! though he felt that the life he was leading was a very delightful one. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier This ungraceful coiffure assumed all sorts of extravagant and absurd varieties. Women of England The clubs are admirable; but life in general seems to me hurried, costly, ungraceful, very noisy, and almost entirely consecrated to eating. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June Nothing is uglier than rising too high, and besides its awkward, ungraceful appearance, it endangers the position. Maids Wives and Bachelors In this manner he accomplished the ascent in excellent, if hopelessly ungraceful, style. The Destroying Angel The garment she was fashioning was one of those almost shapeless infant robes that the inventive skill of dawning motherhood makes so diversely pretty and daintily ungraceful. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 As ungraceful as were the female parts when taken by men, the innovation of women was not received kindly by many critics of the stage. Women of England So is it the autobiographies of the fireside are pleasant histories, whose vanities are all pardonable, and whose trifling is never ungraceful! The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The stranger came forward with ungraceful hesitation, and stood silently facing his audience. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge Hope told a flattering tale: I put aside the leaves; and behold! in place of the expected dryads, a pair of all too solid ladies squatting over a clay pipe in the ungraceful ridi. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Most ungraceful, and totally devoid of the dignity that should inspire it. Rossmoyne Even the town, whose ugliness has offended artistic taste and one's love of neatness all winter, clothes itself in foliage and hides its ungraceful outlines in bowery verdure. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. She was, indeed, not beautiful: her face was fat and broad, like her husband's; a short, ungraceful nose, and a little, nobbly chin; a thick neck, set dumpily on her marble shoulders. Orientations The simple and touching devoutness of many of Bishop Ken’s lyrical effusions has been unregarded, because of the ungraceful contrivances, and heavy movement of his narrative. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century They might have been lovers in a picture, only you could not paint pictures of darkly clothed, ungraceful, shapeless people. The Wishing Moon In appearance, they were four insignificant beings, neither beautiful nor ugly, graceful nor ungraceful, young nor old, sad nor vivacious. The Grandee Such a habit must be felt to be ungraceful. Miss Cayley's Adventures She has a full rich dress of dull red, but her figure is somewhat ungraceful. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) Contemporary with Cicero was M. Terentius Varro, styled "most learned of the Romans," though ungraceful in style. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 She was dark, and small of stature, not ungraceful in her movements, or awkward in her person. The Landleaguers The child thus seated, is inclined to lean forward, contracting an injurious and ungraceful habit. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) It would be quite impossible for her to do an awkward or ungraceful act; for her innate sense of beauty, harmony, and right guided her. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart This character soon after vanishes; and, in 1380, the profile e, at once heavy, feeble, and ungraceful, with a meagre and valueless abacus hardly discernible, is characteristic of all the capitals of Venice. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) No single line was perfectly straight, nor was any form ungraceful. The Fifth-Dimension Tube "An ungraceful elision" of the possessive inflection, as Mason calls it. Select Poems of Thomas Gray "Mamma, there is not a thing ungraceful about her." The House in Town He laughed again—doubling up in what Pat thought a disgustingly ungraceful way. Highacres There were countless falls in deep drifts, and headlong plunges, and ungraceful wallowings in the snow. The Heart of Thunder Mountain At her feet he perceived an earthen pitcher of a peculiar and not ungraceful form. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 The thorny prickly pears were stiff and ungraceful, but a delicate wild vine grew all over them and hung in festoons from the top. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 He was not ungraceful for lack of desire to please: bless his kind, officious heart! Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 She shook it off, not with ill-humored petulance, for Helen was never ungraceful nor undignified, but with a disdain that hurt the man far more than anger. Thurston of Orchard Valley If she sit in a careless, ungraceful manner, the action of her horse will be the reverse of elegant. The Young Lady's Equestrian Manual He now saw her hoydenish, flirty, and ungraceful, with beauty of a very unrefined style—in fact, a different person. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 He had removed his coat and vest, and stood, a not ungraceful figure, in the sunshine, bending his rapier and feeling its point with his thumb. The Wild Geese A tall, angular woman must adopt soft, fleecy materials, so made that they can float and curve about all ungraceful angles, hiding, or softening them. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society One by one the women put their worn, ungraceful arms about her, kissed her with trembling lips, and went away in silent grief. A Son of the Middle Border No antelope is ungraceful; Graceful creatures delight the eye. Symbolic Logic Experience will teach them in time, but till they acquire it, they will appear ungraceful and awkward. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual Indignant at this refusal of my Eurydice, I immediately resolved to quit those ungraceful shades and return to this good world again, to behold the sun and you. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I A trimming with no reason for being is generally ungraceful. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society Outwardly a stocky, ungraceful youth, I was inwardly a bold squire of romance, needing only a steed and a shield to fight for my lady love. A Son of the Middle Border Primrose was so used to obeying that, although her face turned red, she went through the evolution in a rather shy but not ungraceful manner. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia A seat should be placed for the carver sufficiently elevated to give him a command of the table, as the act of rising to perform this duty is considered ungraceful. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual The Keeper of the Seals then performed his genuflexions to the throne, and mumbled out, in a very ungraceful manner, a speech of considerable length, which nobody pretends to judge of, because nobody heard it. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I It would be difficult to invent a costume more awkward and ungraceful than this. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 The colts were a fuzzy, ungraceful lot at this season. A Son of the Middle Border Her eyes were of a greenish colour, and deeply set under a heavy forehead, and her figure was angular and ungraceful. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney The images which he frequently employs have not that delicacy of literary feeling which avoids what is ungraceful, but they are original and sometimes striking in their simplicity. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) I would slip out of the water on all-fours, and creep over the rocks like a seal, but that would be an extremely ungraceful way of approaching a bevy of strange ladies. The Land of Thor She was clever enough not to try to dismount, woman enough not to make an awkward struggle or do 25 anything ungraceful. The Maids of Paradise His address was easy, his manners rather voluptuous than refined; confident, but not ungraceful. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father Robin made no reply, but stood wondering at the exceeding beauty of the beloved object that lay upon that strange, but not ungraceful couch. The Buccaneer A Tale With the visage of the animal turned to the front, and the full plume-like tail, with its alternate rings, drooping to the shoulder, it forms a head-dress that is far from ungraceful. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness This leads me by an easy and not ungraceful transition to the Foundling Asylum of Moscow, one of the largest and most remarkable institutions of the kind in the world. The Land of Thor This plant, like the succory, is of an ungraceful aspect; yet it has sweet and beautiful blossoms, and as an herb bearing seed is in the front rank. Birds in the Bush He touched the cap again, and made a not ungraceful gesture, indicating the wearer of the weather-beaten peonies and the green-and-yellow ulster, who clung to his thin elbow with a red, hard-working hand. The Dop Doctor Their dress is the most unbecoming and ungraceful it is possible to conceive, and yet, we are bound to admit, most refined. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 With their long legs they get over the ground nearly as fast as a horse, in a walk, and, when required, go off in a fine, easy, and not ungraceful trot. Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas They convert defects into deformities, portraits into caricatures; they slander the national type; they give every human figure an ungraceful and ludicrous appearance. Holland, v. 1 (of 2) No matter how beautiful they might be, a certain simplicity of manner was lacking, or the coloring was bad, or the curve of the neck ungraceful. Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman He was tall and well-favoured, and he moved with a jaunty and yet not ungraceful swing; but it almost seemed to her that this was merely the result of an empty self-sufficiency. Hawtrey's Deputy After having realised a moderate fortune in trade, he retired into Brittany, his native country, with his two daughters; the youngest, Louise, being amiable and pretty; the eldest, plain and ungraceful. Political Women, Vol. 2 Natalie was certainly an attractive woman, and she had the knack of enhancing her attractiveness by subtle, and not ungraceful, movement of her body and limbs. Colorado Jim You think, perhaps, that Holbein's Solomon's bride is so ungraceful chiefly because she is overdressed, and has too many feathers and jewels. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving Discomfort amounting to positive agony had taught me to adopt more attitudes, graceful or ungraceful, than all the combined systems of Delsarte and other physical culturists could possibly suggest. Six Days on the Hurricane Deck of a Mule An account of a journey made on mule back in Honduras, C.A. in August, 1891 He still had to contend against a poor voice, and an ungraceful gesticulation; but by unwearied labor he overcame his natural difficulties so as to satisfy the most critical Athenian audience. Ancient States and Empires The Yankees are the kindest and the acutest of our people, and the most ungraceful. How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Behavior At Home; The Etiquette Of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, The Street, The Church, Places Of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., With Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies But she was not ungraceful either in manner or dress, or in her evident desire to please. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Their lines, while forbidding any thought of speed, are not ungraceful, and eminently suitable for weight carrying. Life and sport in China Second Edition Whatever shape may be chosen, the coat should not be made too long, or it will flap and flop about in a most ungraceful manner. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. His hands were big and ugly, and always in ungraceful fumbling motion as though a separate soul dwelt within them. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan Phœbe had expected her to be a large masculine woman, and was surprised at her dapper proportions and not ungraceful manner. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster He was tall and well-favored, and he moved with a jaunty yet not ungraceful swing; but it seemed to her that his bearing was merely the result of an empty self-sufficiency. Masters of the Wheat-Lands "If an elephant could write a book, perhaps one that had read a great deal would say, that an Arabian horse is a very clumsy, ungraceful animal." Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. These men, with fierce despairing faces, their elbows drawn together by a strap and forming an ungraceful angle, tottered awkwardly at every motion of the chariots, driven by Egyptians. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. Mollie, who was sixteen, large, fair, beautiful, and not as tidy as she might have been, dropped into a not ungraceful position at her feet. Vagabondia 1884 There was his lisping and stammering voice, his short breath, his low tones, his ungraceful gesture,—all to be overcome. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Tasso took his hat off, and stood in the door-way an embrowned, healthy, not ungraceful figure, in his working-clothes of rough blue stuff. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes This is an article worn by almost all Dalecarlians for the purpose of saving their clothes while at work, and gives them an awkward and ungraceful air. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland His voice and manner were scarcely less prepossessing; the one was as abrupt and clamorous, as the other was rustic and ungraceful. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 His position for a moment was absurdly ungraceful. Space Platform Among all the women that I met during my stay in Mizora—comprising a period of fifteen years—I saw not one homely face or ungraceful form. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch Their movements become ungraceful; they invent unseemly capers, walk with a staggering gait, fall easily, and break things. Spontaneous Activity in Education It may be an ungraceful habit, but it is a safe one. Fairy Fingers A Novel A new fashion of dress seems at first to be absurd, ungraceful, or indecent. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals The Gemsbok was—or had been—an ungraceful, thick starship on the verge of aging into scrap. A Transmutation of Muddles She should avoid ungraceful positions and awkward attitudes, as by some mysterious sympathy these are impressed on the child she carries. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother He added the last as an afterthought, more with the air of putting the Judge at his ease than of excusing himself for an ungraceful slip of the tongue. The Squirrel-Cage Well, young man, you can do almost everything, but you are as clumsy and ungraceful as a bear about it. Work and Win or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise Shoes of high heels and narrow toes are equally bad, for the wearer is plunged forward in an ungraceful and line-destroying attitude. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture On the walls were colored bas-reliefs showing the occupations of field-workers, and in the comers of the hall were ungraceful statues of Osiris smiling pensively. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt It is an animal of rather an ungainly appearance; but its beautiful buff colour and mild disposition make up for its ungraceful shape; and it is scarcely ever out of good condition. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys Besides being the largest, the moose is certainly the most ungraceful of the deer family. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire A mere twenty Earth pounds of an indifferent grade of rock and a little iron, an irregular, ungraceful lump, spawned somewhere a billion years before as a star died. Far from Home He was very tall, and extremely slender; not exactly ungraceful, but he gave the impression that his arms and legs were perpetually in his way. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time He was tall and well put together; not quite as straight as an arrow, but straight, and not ungraceful in his height. Laramie Holds the Range Chagrined beyond measure, he would have besieged the rancho with his troop, and insisted on killing the dog, had he not feared that the cause of his ungraceful retreat might become known to his followers. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico He might not be as learned, nor as purely intellectual, as some of our modern college-professors, but he was as ungraceful, and as awkwardly clad, as the most slovenly of them all. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States A greater number were disguised in the ungraceful domino, while not a few appeared in regular evening dress. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The additions are not ungraceful, but they encumber somewhat the Attic neatness and simplicity of the original. Classic French Course in English Two swords were placed on the mat, and two men commenced slowly, from the opposite extremities, turning the body, extending the arms, and lifting the legs, in grotesque but not ungraceful attitudes. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Their coiffure was carefully finished, but a part of the forehead was hidden by an ungraceful fringe of hair. The Philippine Islands We know that a man with the highest taste and with unlimited wealth, practically does abolish all ungraceful and disagreeable forms and colours from his own domains. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays At length, a pair of unusually neat ones, supporting a figure of such superb outlines, that even the ungraceful domino could not conceal them, came under my eyes, and riveted my attention. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse They grasped the rope and braced themselves as had others the night before, and presently were flying through the air in prodigious if ungraceful somersaults. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier There is the place where we may lounge without being thought ungraceful. The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony His hair was lank; his figure was attenuated and ungraceful; he wore his clothes awkwardly. Cruel Barbara Allen From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) No doubt, in his youth, Ambrogiò had been shy, silent, out of his art timid, and in his person ungraceful, and unlovely. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida Most people sit in the most unhealthful as well as in the most ungraceful way. How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions Four ungraceful, stiff columns, for legs, support the clumsy body. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals The comb is removed, her feet are separated, and the figure becomes not ungraceful. Pickwickian Manners and Customs Of all ungraceful beings, they are the most ungraceful; and of all accomplishments, dancing is the one in which they shine least. Hudson Bay The dress of these women was simple, like themselves, and not ungraceful. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers Being placed in the bow of the boat, projecting over the water, it formed a not ungraceful though peculiar bowsprit, and was well out of the way. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole The rude but not ungraceful armour of the period was admirably fitted to display to advantage the elegant proportions of his gigantic figure. Erling the Bold In their movements on foot they are heavy and ungraceful, and they are, on the whole, a slovenly and unattractive race of men. The Dog Crusoe and his Master The Golden Gate, which still rises in dignified solitude, a proud monument of the past, is not an ungraceful building. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar What a miracle-working charm there is in a blush—what softness and majesty in natural simplicity, without which pomp is contemptible, and elegance itself ungraceful. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert “What do you wish to explain?” said the second stranger in Italian, bowing with a not ungraceful bend, and a touch of his hand to his cap. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea As a specimen of prose style it is remarkable for its spirit and "go," qualities which may enable us to forget how turbid, ungraceful, and harsh it is. The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse This structure was adorned with an ungraceful figure in marble, representing, "The muse of Coila finding the poet at the plough, and throwing her inspiring mantle over him." Robert Burns Nic set his teeth, and rolled off his horse in a most ungraceful way, to stand feeling as if the ground was unsafe and all on the move. First in the Field A Story of New South Wales Here the hills are generously covered with a straggly growth of tall, ungraceful trees, among which, almost hidden from view, are the widely scattered bungalows of the white population. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country Some wrap a long cloth round them, like the Hindoos; and some wear an ugly European frock, with a most ungraceful sort of bib tied before them. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 The shape was uncooth, the coloring ungraceful, and there was but the faint dawn of that divine sentiment, which in time elevated Roman art to the same eminence as the Grecian. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) I’m conceited, too, for I hate the idea of limping, and being stiff and ungraceful. Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story “Good-morning, ladies and gentlemen,” said he, making a not ungraceful bow as he seated himself. The Missing Merchantman It is now no longer of any practical service at all in the language, being merely an ungraceful and slipshod synonym for absurd. English Past and Present It is thus pleasantly flattered into contentment with itself—a contentment not disturbed by the occasional censure of practices which good taste condemns as ungraceful, or prudence as prejudicial to happiness. An Estimate of the Value and Influence of Works of Fiction in Modern Times Not a halt nor an ungraceful turn, but every curve and motion was as perfect as if they had danced together all their lives. A Little Girl in Old Salem So ungraceful a view of the sacred core of this modern democratic organisation will need whatever evidence can be cited to keep it in countenance. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation Or, had I carried a pitcher in my hand, I might have thought myself another Rebecca, and poised on my shoulder the not ungraceful burden. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Practically, however, as this pestle has no pounding functions, I think the word is misleading as well as ungraceful; and that we may find a better one after looking a little closer into the matter. Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers He was long and lean and angular, and his positions were ungraceful. Mary Gray It was one of the things in her that Nick mentally pronounced ungraceful, the perversity of pride or of shyness that always made her disappoint you a little if she saw you expected a thing. The Tragic Muse The word has by usage come to have an altogether ungraceful air of disapproval. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation So that his mincing affectation is not merely ungraceful, but is a sign of an inward taint, which may prove fatal to the whole character. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 She had been clumsy, ungraceful, had failed—that was enough. The Hippodrome An ungraceful figure she cuts, and a repulsive spectacle she presents; and worst of all is the havoc which she makes with her health. Plain Facts for Old and Young His position is strained and ungraceful, looking upwards, and apparently remonstrating with the Almighty upon the destruction of the gourd, a few leaves of which are seen above him. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art Without any poetry, or gesticulating in imitation of such poetry, actors were sent for from Etruria, dancing to the measures of a musician, and exhibited, according to the Tuscan fashion, movements by no means ungraceful. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 However, if we concentrate our attention on the word-forms, we are not likely to be much injured by the ungraceful sentence-forms. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric Every thing my eye rests on is harsh and ungraceful, because, having passed through the seven-times heated furnace, I must look through the covering and see the reality. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 He was about fifteen and of a heavy, ungraceful build. Tom Slade at Temple Camp To these "religionists," as he was wont to call them, he attributed a great deal that was ungraceful in American life, and a good deal that was disgraceful. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters His person was ungraceful, his dress slovenly, his voice untonable, his elocution homely, tedious, obscure, and embarrassed. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell How powerful was his bearing, how strong his stride; and with all his bigness he was not ungraceful. An Arkansas Planter The well-known name of Oliphant comes from elephant, and was probably first given to some one very large, and perhaps a little ungraceful. Stories That Words Tell Us The eye was teased with a multitude of details, not in themselves good; the same defects were repeated in each story, and the real height was diminished by the projecting and ungraceful cornices. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) My aunt explained that to be my father's and mother's fancy; and agreed that she thought cropped heads were always ungraceful. Daisy I apologize for everything harsh, offensive, or ungraceful in my manner; and I am sorry I could not declare and advocate my views, without shocking or distressing some of your minds. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story It is not needful to quote other living critics, who may think such prolongation of their severities ungraceful. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters The women have a more pleasing expression, but the timid furtive look, the ungainly gait, and the ungraceful contour of their abak� skirts, detract from the moderate beauty that they possess in their youth. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir There were several low footstools in the room; ungraceful things that were obviously wooden boxes covered with padding and leatherette. The Fourth R I was obliged to be content with this ungraceful concession, and proceeded to begin my narration. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 Lack of muscular co-ordination is responsible for the awkward movements, ungainly appearance, ungraceful carriage, with their attendant self-consciousness, so characteristic of both boys and girls in early adolescence. Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education His action was simple and not ungraceful, though frequently exceedingly energetic. Life of Father Hecker The lower part of the garment on the left side bulges out so far that it makes the woman's figure ungraceful in appearance. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir There Raggedy Ann lay; all sprawled out upon the hard floor, her rag arms and legs twisted in ungraceful attitudes. Raggedy Ann Stories Large and robust, her magnificent figure could display no ungraceful lines as she sat on the low carved chair in front of a curtain of golden Chinese silk. Roads from Rome As it is constantly coming loose, and every minute needing adjustment, it is an exceedingly troublesome though not ungraceful garment, keeping one hand of the wearer almost constantly employed. The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands This must have been almost as trying as the awkward, ungraceful deportment of him whom he mourned. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 The removal of the last mentioned is a universal practice, for hair on the eyebrows is considered very ungraceful. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir Raggedy Ann lay just as Marcella had dropped her—all sprawled out with her rag arms and legs twisted in ungraceful attitudes. Raggedy Ann Stories The naked indecency of domestic life seemed to display and vaunt itself, sparing none of its homely and ungraceful details, to the young man on the threshold of the room. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel Her petticoat was of the same cloth, drawn up plain over the bosom in an ungraceful manner; her head was covered with a coloured handkerchief, tied so that the ends hung down the back. Wych Hazel He lifted the sword in his left hand, and with a strong ungraceful motion struck with all his might. The Black Douglas The head-dress of this figure, which is white, is not ungraceful. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three Her figure was ungraceful, her movements were awkward. Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag Then his figure had attained its full height, and being clothed in well-made garments, looked very manly, and not ungraceful. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow She lifts up her chest, stretches, yawns, and breathes deeply—Nature’s voice, Nature’s instinctive cure, which is probably regarded as ungraceful, as what is called “lolling” is. Health and Education Round his waist he wore a dhotee of coarse muslin, tight above, so as to form the kummerbund, or waistband, but thence falling in loose and not ungraceful folds down the legs to the ankles. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics He had neither the bow legs nor the ungraceful roll of the man who rides most of his waking hours. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story She had chosen the darkest corner of the room, and her pose was not ungraceful. A Lost Leader It is remarkable that although coarse and ungraceful in common life, she becomes highly graceful, and even beautiful, during this performance. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain As if sitting upright was not an attitude in itself essentially ungraceful, and such as no artist would care to draw. Health and Education He was tall, straight, and spare,—six feet, I should say, and rather ungraceful in fact, though called by the women of his parish, not only the most graceful, but the most finished of gentlemen. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics The anchor is of the second, somewhat ungraceful, pattern in use 1519-1524, after which there was for some years a return to the first form. Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University Made to believe that her fine feelings were oddities, her expansive thoughts absurdities, and her love of knowledge unfeminine and ungraceful, she kept them to herself, and became reserved, timid, and artificial. The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies Especially avoid that ungraceful sawing of the air with the arms, into which all ill-regulated fervor betrays many young speakers. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader Avrillia could not be ungraceful or abrupt, but she was evidently in a hurry. The Garden of the Plynck She looked ridiculously ungraceful alongside the smart, chic American women, and yet not one of them but would have given her boots to be able to array herself as one of these. The Husbands of Edith The large head set on a figure markedly ungraceful, on which the clothes seldom fitted, was shapely and refined, although the features were indefensible, even grotesque. A Comedy of Masks A Novel His figure is fat, his features flat, his voice unmanageable, his action ungraceful, and, as Diggory says, 'I defy him to extort that d——d muffin face of his into madness.' Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals He appeared next moving, with the stumpy, ungraceful stride peculiar to the short and thick-bodied, down the walk to a float. Poor Man's Rock At a challenge I would not decline, I ventured upon the following harsh and ungraceful but literal translation of some of the stanzas from Alfred de Musset's fine lament for Malibran. Records of a Girlhood Dotty looked at her as she lay curled in an ungraceful heap, with her eyes closed. Dotty Dimple Out West It was not a dignified mode of progression, but it was very far from being ungraceful. The Odds And Other Stories Would it not be absurd to apply ungraceful in its modern sense to a family or house? Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 If they are ungraceful on foot, matters are not much better when they ride. Miscellanea I stooped, slouched, and poked, stood with one hip up and one shoulder down, and exhibited an altogether disgracefully ungraceful carriage, which greatly afflicted my parents. Records of a Girlhood I could wish, indeed, that they who advise the crown had not left Parliament in this very ungraceful distress, in which they can neither retract with dignity nor persist with justice. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) The mother is seated in a natural and not ungraceful attitude on a rough square pedestal. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. I do not recollect any authority for the sense of ungraceful in opposition to gracious, but a critical and literary antiquary has sanctioned my opinion. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 She was small and seemingly pitifully inadequate for the great adventure on which she was bound; her lines were short and ungraceful. A Man's Woman "Thank you, sir," he replied, with a low and not ungraceful bow; "that's a compliment all to the one side, like Clogher." The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One There was a slight tendency to embonpoint, but this was relieved by her tall and not ungraceful figure. Vellenaux A Novel The single figure of a king which we possess is clumsy and ungraceful. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. To me the style of dancing in this country seems ungraceful. The Lighted Way Externally the building is a plain, but not ungraceful structure, of stone, brick, and stucco. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 The palmettos disappointed me; stiff and ungraceful, they have a bristling, defiant look, suggestive of Rebels starting up and defying everybody. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 It is when running that he exposes his only ungraceful point. New National Fourth Reader On the whole, it was an ungraceful, violent mob, almost totally lacking in restraint, whirling, kicking, swaying, clasping, instinctively physical, crude, vulgar and wild. The Day of the Beast "Don't let that trouble you, Miss Deb," interrupted Jan, tilting himself backwards over the arm of the chair in a very ungraceful fashion, and leaving his legs dangling. Verner's Pride Yet with all his ungraceful mannerisms, Lincoln held his hearers, impressing most men with a sense of the honesty of his convictions. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics But in the case of knitting—that can never be anything but ungraceful; look here—the arms close together, the knitting-needles going up and down—it has a sort of Chinese effect—. A Doll's House The minister was a man of moderate abilities and somewhat ungraceful appearance. The First Soprano These odes are marked by glittering accumulations of ungraceful ornaments; they strike rather than please; the images are magnified by affectation; the language is labored into harshness. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century Ruth, his secretary, coming close behind him,—was tall, not ungraceful in an easy, almost mannish way ... slab-figured ... built more like a boy than a young woman dangerously near the old maid. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative She pays no special attention to feminine graces, but is not ungraceful or unwomanly. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years They dashed blindly into danger; they fluttered about in ungraceful, ungracious misery. The Inner Sisterhood A Social Study in High Colors The dancing was poor, consisting chiefly of ungraceful motions of the hands and forearms; the singing pleasing, harmonious but monotonous. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries The powerful, ungraceful bulk of an English machine was stopping at his door. The Three Black Pennys A Novel Formerly, for many years, it seems to have been considered improper, or ungraceful, or unladylike,—the reasons are nowhere satisfactorily given, but the fact remains that until recently few women played the violin. Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday I need not add that my card is printed in German text, Paul Fleming, and that time has brought to me a not ungraceful, though a sometimes practically retardating, circumference. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 His silver locks upon his shoulders spread, And not ungraceful is his stoop of age. Poems, &c. (1790) Wherein It Is Attempted To Describe Certain Views Of Nature And Of Rustic Manners; And Also, To Point Out, In Some Instances, The Different Influence Which The Same Circumstances Produce On Different Characters Nothing can be more ungraceful than such a dress, which, however, Alete wore with grace. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Thus Percell's melody, though often original and expressive, is nevertheless more often rude and ungraceful. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 But the Memphite sculptors, deeming the two last ungraceful, excluded them from the domain of art, and rarely, if ever, reproduced them. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt Endurance was written in every line of his fighting head and round, ungraceful shoulders, in his veiled eyes and stolid mouth. The Marriage of William Ashe He has succeeded very well in reproducing the calm, beautiful profile and lustrous golden hair, but the shoulders are ungraceful, and very unlike the original. Miscellanies She held on to the edge of a bookshelf by the tips of her fingers and drew herself up from the floor, slowly, as it were by some mysterious unfolding process, not ungraceful. The Divine Fire The horses, however, are the better part of the two groups; the goddesses being too tall in proportion and heavy and ungraceful in build. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 Their work was feeble, ungraceful, absurd, inspired solely by routine; yet it was founded on antique tradition-- tradition enfeebled and degenerate, but still alive. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt It was a very ungraceful way of walking. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 She is cockered up into a domestic martyr, and is bred into an impatience of reproof which is very harmful and very ungraceful. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs The boys lay around in comfortable, though ungraceful, attitudes, a small but appreciative audience. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" Few women are so built that an ungraceful motion is impossible for them. The Common Law This ungraceful innovation achieved no success, and is found nowhere else. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt It was a superiority on her part very natural and never ungraceful, and it was his chief delight to bring it forward, to insist upon it, to take it for granted. Lady Rose's Daughter On the present occasion, however, she owed nothing to the witchery of dress, being clad in a riding-habit of velvet which would have appeared stiff and ungraceful on any other form. Twice Told Tales He thanked the Lord in sincere if unorthodox terms, and went down the hill in long, ungraceful strides. The Happy Family The young preacher was not only ungraceful and ungracious in manner, but he had severe limitations in education and frequently assumed toward his elders an air needlessly arrogant and contemptuous. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Domestic pottery is coarse, ungraceful, and frequently ribbed on the outside. How to Observe in Archaeology He is one of the most ungraceful speakers I have ever heard address a public assemblage of persons. On the Choice of Books A stiff, ungraceful plant, about 2 ft. high, very similar in its branches to a Phyllocactus. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation With a movement that was not ungraceful Jim flung wide the door. The Island of Faith His step was ungraceful and slow, as if his thin limbs bore his light weight with difficulty, and he sometimes stumbled in walking. In the Palace of the King A Love Story of Old Madrid Orsino watched her as she stood, her arms uplifted, in an attitude which is almost always graceful, even for an otherwise ungraceful woman. Don Orsino His mouth was a curious mixture of softness and cruelty, and his hands were broad, but not ungraceful. Broken to the Plow Through the mask of slight personal defects and ungraceful manners, of superficial hauteur and egotism, and occasional extravagance of sentiment, no equal had recognized the rare beauty of her spirit. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II One day, while taking his student's constitutional, he noticed a tree-stem with ivy upon it, which seemed not ungraceful, and invited a sketch. The Life of John Ruskin In her demeanour there is an evident assumption of dignity, which, falling short of the aim, gives an ungraceful stiffness to her appearance. The Idler in France In America, there is a constant struggle between the force of things and imitation, and the former often proving the strongest, it frequently renders the latter lame, and, of course, ungraceful. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland If he is tall, you may discover that his person is ungraceful, and that he wants the dapper-size of Garrick. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 486, April 23, 1831 Indeed, haste had no place among her attributes: it was ungraceful and usually not effective. A Young Girl's Wooing That year they were again at Perth, and on their way home some early morning frost suggested the not ungraceful verses on the icicles at Glenfarg. The Life of John Ruskin The President's large figure stood before them, at first inspired, glorified with the thrill and swing of his words, lapsing slowly in the stillness into lax, ungraceful lines. The Perfect Tribute This is not a patois at all, but merely a vicious and ungraceful mode of utterance. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland MORAL, BY A KANGAROO.—People who are ungraceful of gait are always intolerant of mind. Cobwebs from an Empty Skull One of his favorite amusements at Princeton was to burlesque the precise and perhaps ungraceful Presbyterians of the place. Famous Americans of Recent Times Beating around in his mind for a graceful word of introduction, he accomplished an abrupt and ungraceful one. The House of Mystery An Episode in the Career of Rosalie Le Grange, Clairvoyant But God,' she adds, with a not ungraceful vanity, 'recompensed his justice and constancy by restoring her as well as before.' The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 He could see nothing in the splendour and elevation of Gray, but 'glittering accumulations of ungraceful ornaments.' Books and Characters French and English Happily even the extreme of fashion had not then become ungraceful. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago The time is 2/4; it should be played a good deal slower than the Polka; when hurried it becomes ungraceful and vulgar. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette Cancan, the name of an ungraceful and indecent dance practised in the Paris dancing saloons. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The want of a little more care in this article, is the cause of much ungraceful behaviour. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 She never saw fear or jealousy, or knowingly allowed an ignoble thought or an ungentle word or an ungraceful act in herself. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 The earliest representation of the Visitation to which I can refer is a rude but not ungraceful drawing, in the Catacombs at Rome, of two women embracing. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts Perhaps one reason of this disappointing result was that many inefficient performers attempted to dance it before they had mastered its somewhat difficult step, and brought it into disrepute by their ungraceful exhibitions. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette Nevertheless so clumsy a beau, that thou seemest to me to owe thyself a double spite, making thy ungracefulness appear the more ungraceful, by thy remarkable tawdriness, when thou art out of mourning. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 These odes are marked by glittering accumulation of ungraceful ornaments; they strike rather than please; the images are magnified by affectation, the language is laboured into harshness. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 16, 1919 In all this, controversy was unavoidable, much as I dislike its ungracious and ungraceful air. The Three Brontës Holding a number of lemons in my skirt, I was making a most ungraceful descent, when I heard an unknown footstep approaching towards my back. My Brilliant Career Being so very quick a dance, it must be performed quietly, otherwise it is liable to become ungraceful and vulgar. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette In some cases we are indeed obliged to use that for a relative, in order to avoid the ungraceful repetition of which in the same sentence. The Grammar of English Grammars A man of two-and-thirty, short, ungraceful, ill-dressed, with features as little commonplace as can be imagined. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories Most of these little communities consist of a row of low and ungraceful structures bordering the highway. Cuba, Old and New As they rise up or sit down, or stoop, their movements are playful, though strange, not ungraceful, and without the appearance of constraint. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 401, November 28, 1829 The billows of hair had ebbed away; the short, ungraceful, and somewhat thin remnant was meant for use in covering the head, not for luxurious beauty. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 That not the repetition of which or who in a series of clauses, but a needless change of the relative, is ungraceful. The Grammar of English Grammars A waist really too large was less ungraceful than a waist too small. Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Macaulay himself declared that it was "overloaded with gaudy and ungraceful argument"; but it secured his literary reputation and determined much of his career. Famous Reviews As the boat came closer to the wharf, the travelers could see the crowds of foreign-looking people, with swarthy faces and cheap, ungraceful clothes, looking out at the boat with alert, speculative, unwelcoming eyes. The Bent Twig I had hoped to announce this news in a less abrupt and ungraceful manner. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 There is a hint of youth in this ungraceful jacket to be sure, but it is not especially attractive in its suggestion of youthfulness. What Dress Makes of Us "They are usually less ungraceful and talk better grammar." Malbone: an Oldport Romance Her clean, dull calico dress belted in by her checked apron revealed the ungraceful lines of her figure. Dust Taller and broader than her husband, her flowing gown of sendall, and fur-lined tippet, could not conceal the gaunt and ungraceful outlines of her figure. The White Company Her son by the first marriage, Alberic, was compelled to attend at the nuptial banquet; but his reluctant and ungraceful service was chastised with a blow by his new father. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 His mantle and hood were of the best Flanders cloth, and fell in ample, and not ungraceful folds, around a handsome, though somewhat corpulent person. Ivanhoe Hepzibah—stately as ever at heart, and yielding not an inch of her old gentility, but resting upon it so much the more, as justifying a princess-like condescension—exhibited a not ungraceful hospitality. House of the Seven Gables Long hours in the saddle made them apparently awkward and really ungraceful when on the ground. The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama The sharp and yet not ungraceful retorts which I mentioned may be instanced as follows. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans My Lady stamped, which was undignified: and snorted, which was ungraceful. Sylvie and Bruno He used the log cabin as a barn; and a new house reared up, a proud, unwise, Gopher Prairie house, the more naked and ungraceful in its glossy white paint and pink trimmings. Main Street Nevertheless, she was not so rapt from things of earth as to be unable to notice that Christine's walk was decidedly ungraceful. Anne of the Island On the present occasion, however, she owed nothing to the witchery of dress, being clad in a riding habit of velvet, which would have appeared stiff and ungraceful on any other form. From Twice Told Tales The wainscot of one of the principal saloons is inlaid with mother-of-pearl, ebony, coral, and ivory; but the workmanship seems harsh and ungraceful. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 267, August 4, 1827 He seemed to have shrunken in size since his arrival in England, and his brother's clothes, always too large, hung about him loose and ungraceful. The Avenger Rymer, without taking a nearer, takes a rougher way; every step is to be made through thorns and brambles; and truth, if we meet her, appears repulsive by her mien, and ungraceful by her habit. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 Excuse me, my dear, this seeming levity; but those we do not love, appear in every thing ungraceful to us. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 The man stepped back into the snow with a not ungraceful gesture as of apology; he had frosty silver hair, and his lean face, though in shadow, seemed to wear something like a smile. Alarms and Discursions Pao-yü was once more within himself quite conscience-smitten for his ungraceful remarks, and coming forward, he humbly made advances, until, at length, Tai-yü little by little came round. Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books The graceful mantilla gradually gives place to the ungraceful bonnet. Life in Mexico Associated with the idea of barren sands, their stiff and ungraceful form makes them to the traveler the most repulsive tree in the vegetable kingdom. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Dearest Madam, what can I say?—On my knees I beg— And down the ungraceful wretch dropped on his knees. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 His deportment is always ungraceful, though he often endeavours to imitate the posture of the antique statues; but even then he presents only a caricature. Paris as It Was and as It Is All the lines of her were long, except the curl of her upper lip, and there was not an ungraceful one among them. Geoffrey Strong I have been taking lessons in the Indian dances from Doña R—-a; they are not ungraceful, but lazy and monotonous…. Life in Mexico In the middle of the room stood the young man, in his not at all ungraceful attitude—every nerve out, and his eyes flashing brilliantly. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy His hard red complexion was already beginning to fade in confinement, and his thick hair, formerly close-cropped for the convenience of disguises, had grown out in not ungraceful locks. The Story of Kennett Tieck criticises John Kemble's dressing for Macbeth in a modern Highland costume, as being ungraceful without any countervailing merit of historical exactness. Among My Books First Series Carlyle was ungraceful with impunity; Lamb could not have been so. Journalism for Women A Practical Guide Unfeminine as it is, I do not think it looks ungraceful to see a pretty woman smoke. Life in Mexico A man who is constrained, uneasy, and ungraceful, can spoil the happiness of a dozen people. Manners and Social Usages His hands, also, are hard and strong, but not ungraceful in form. The Story of Kennett Demosthenes had a short breath, a hesitating speech, and his manners were very ungraceful. Remarks They are models of pure Latinity, elegant without stiffness, the natural outpourings of a mind which could not give birth to an ungraceful idea. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities It was the ungraceful custom for the boys, on the first of the month, to bring their own school fees. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth Then we all ascend; I feeling very much like a clumsy barbarian in my ungraceful foreign garb. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series It is a speech which can not be called polished and modulated, but must rather be termed rough and ungraceful. Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War Nineteen or twenty years old, homely as a mud fence; ungraceful, doltish, she sits staring out of the window and her eyes blink at the rain. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago His style is rude, unpolished, ungraceful, because to him polish was superficial, and, therefore, unreal. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Many of the statues appear to our eyes very stiff and ungraceful. Early European History Then, beside one of them, he suddenly beheld the Countess von Platen materializing out of the surrounding shadows as it seemed, and behind her the squat, ungraceful figure of the Elector. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series A Report, verbatim, of any effective speech must always appear diffuse and ungraceful in the perusal. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02 Nature, in obedience to man's behests, and smiling with secret satire over her work, has made it ponderous and ungraceful as any clumsy mammalian, wombat, ardvaark, manatee, or hippopotamus. Birds in Town and Village Variety, fluency, and not ungraceful strength are perhaps the chief qualities of Dryden's work, displayed alike in his verse and in his prose. A History of English Literature Her walk was not ungraceful, because it was so purely natural; but it differed almost as much as the step of a quadruped from what we are taught. Erema — My Father's Sin They had the movements of a porpoise as he dives in and out of the water, and of an ungraceful and hideous pig when hopping along. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters The chair should be neither too near nor too far from the table; both are ungraceful and awkward. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 Not that they were unlovely in form or ungraceful. The City of Fire They are quickly recognized; vulgar and awkward, they hide under their ungraceful petticoats the instincts of man, and masculinity is displayed up to their corsage. The Grip of Desire After the excitement of finding all these things had died, and the five men were grouped about the place in ungraceful but comfortable attitudes, Bennington bid for the sympathy he had sought in this visit. The Claim Jumpers Who the devil could invent such an ungraceful dress for a female? After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 If the weather be hot, they generally wear only the dhote or loin cloth made of fine linen or cotton, and hanging about the legs in not ungraceful folds. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter The natives very rarely dance together; but in Samar I was present on one occasion at a by no means ungraceful native dance where "improvised" verses were sung. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes For a long time, at the ungraceful age between twelve and eighteen, she had looked awkwardly tall, climbing trees like a boy. Doctor Pascal He was clad in a dingy old coat, wore a discolored cadet-cap, tilted almost upon his nose, and rode a rawboned horse, with short stirrups, which raised his knees in the most ungraceful manner. A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee Believe me, they are ungraceful; and, if maturely considered, will perhaps appear to be a little silly. Four Early Pamphlets He smiled benignly on her, and, still beaming, struck a not ungraceful attitude. The Green Mouse Some intimation of a sympathy with her view of the other poet came to seem not ungraceful. The Boss of Little Arcady Neither was Mr. Monk ill at ease or ungraceful in his actions. Alias the Lone Wolf Very unbecoming gowns they are, in all cases; and much as the wearers must be accustomed to them, they seem to step awkwardly, and to have an ungraceful feminine touch in their motions. Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals "Bustling and ungraceful!" repeated Mrs. Jarvis, bitterly; "I do not know that you are at all more bustling and ungraceful than Mr. Effingham himself." Home as Found He makes several sideway moves in the direction, ungraceful, but satisfactory to himself, and as he advances his admiration increases, his courage improves; he feels almost heroic. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 29, October 15, 1870 But none of these helpful phenomena could be observed, and Miss Caroline had a way of leading the talk which would have made any reference to her unfortunate habits seem ungraceful. The Boss of Little Arcady The body bends forward to meet the demand of this new motion, and thus loses its uprightness and beauty, making our gait stiff and ungraceful. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Though ungainly in formation, he was not ungraceful in bearing and action; there was a fitness and harmony in his manifestations even on the physical plan. Hawthorne and His Circle There was not the least shape to their garments; their dresses simply hung down in straight ungraceful lines; there was no colour of ribbon or flower, to light up the dinginess. The Open Air And so saying, she placed a chair in position, and made a not ungraceful motion towards it with her hand. The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales Edwin Booth, one of the greatest actors on the American stage, would never permit himself to assume an ungraceful attitude, even in his hours of privacy. The Majesty of Calmness; individual problems and posibilities Then we returned to an excellent luncheon, very pleasantly diversified to us by Indian corn, which we learned to eat in an ungraceful but excellent fashion on the cob, blueberry tart and cream. The British Association's Visit to Montreal, 1884 : letters You begin to be too pat with your own opinions, which in a young lady is ungraceful. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale It is a massive, clumsy bird, ungraceful in its form with heavy movements, wings too short for flight, little or no tail, and down rather than feathers. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder This, also, was a blemish in his deportment; and though his broad shoulders, sinewy arms, and expanded chest, betokened the strength which he often displayed, it was strength of a clumsy and ungraceful character. The Betrothed His figure was lithe and sinewy, his movements quick and not ungraceful. Princess Maritza It was not an altogether ungraceful building with its arched windows—regarded by many in those days as indicating Romeward tendencies—and its pointed spire. Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. His wife looked older and was a short ungraceful woman with a stoop, wearing a sun-bonnet and sack and a faded gown made by herself. Far Away and Long Ago It struck me at the first glance that I had seen him before—a tall, spare man, thin-lipped, light-eyed, with an ungraceful stoop in the shoulders and scant gray hair worn somewhat long upon collar. Stories by English Authors: England I wished to have observed a country, the monument of freedom and industry; but my days were numbered, and a longer delay would have been ungraceful. Memoirs of My Life and Writings Sally was handsome now; the evening suited her dark skin and coal black eyes, and her strong figure was rich and not ungraceful in a dress of ruby velvet. Spring Days He now observed that the youth was well formed, tall, not ungraceful—with features of singular intelligence, though subdued to the verge of sadness. Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky Her hands were soiled from her recent labours in the pansy-bed, and her shoes were heavy and coarse; yet neither hands nor feet were large or ungraceful. The Valley of the Giants |
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