| 单词 | unladylike |
| 例句 | We laughed at the unladylike ways we all sank into the mud. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked like she was going to laugh again, but she just gave an unladylike snort and wagged her head. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Most of the women rejected the call for equal pay, because they believed it would be unladylike. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Lady Constance walked slowly back to her seat, lowered herself carefully, and heaved a most unladylike sigh. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Frankly, I thought all that honking sounded pretty unladylike, but I was too nice to say so. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He shoved it into my hands and dashed for the doorway, tripped himself up in his hem, recovered, hoisted the skirts in a very unladylike fashion, and burst through the curtain onto the stage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “But don’t tell Amelia,” she said, her voice returning to its usual ironic tone, “she’d think it unladylike to want to go to Oberlin.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “I mean it’s . . . it’s unladylike and . . . and against the Scriptures.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z They won't allow themselves to dwell on that unladylike and unchristianly human emotion: anger. Bless their hearts: The women of Netflix's "Sweet Magnolias" need to do more than pour it out 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z This is work that she has been doing since her mid 20s, when she and Ilana Glazer created and eventually oversaw the giddy, unladylike comedy “Broad City.” In ‘A League of Their Own,’ Abbi Jacobson Makes the Team 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Saying it would be “unladylike,” she declined to say what event or words precipitated the split, which came after a performance at the Roundhouse in London on Nov. 6. From the Civil Wars, an Aptly Named Album 2013-08-02T19:03:21Z When Elena, Hayek’s character, has O kidnapped to enforce a bargain with Ben and Chon, the two forge a tentative mother-daughter relationship, mostly based on Elena lecturing O about how irresponsible and unladylike she is. “Savages”: Oliver Stone, back on drugs at last 2012-07-05T21:15:00Z Gwilym Mumford The destruction of women's football in the UK, which filled stadiums in the early 20th century until the FA decided it was "unladylike", remains a heinous offence. TV highlights 20/05/2013 2013-05-20T06:00:13Z She shocks those around her by speaking her mind in a most unladylike manner on topics that many people would not even dare consider. The Carpetbagger: Sundance, Film by Film 2013-12-04T22:31:45Z “I don’t feel ashamed to be loud, which is an argument I’ve had with lots of men, who thought I was too sassy and unladylike,” she said. SZA Almost Quit Music. Now She’s a Grammys Contender. 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Even if she were interested, Smith says, “it would be, well, unladylike for me to say so.” ‘Conscience’ Review: The Woman Who Stared Down the Red Scare 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z “He didn’t seem to notice my clumsy, unladylike movements and I was grateful for his offers of help whenever he noticed me struggling.” ‘No one expects people with disabilities to have a family’ 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Hilton said he had posted the photo to highlight the "very unladylike fashion" in which Cyrus was getting out of the car. Miley Cyrus "no underwear" photo is fake, blogger says 2010-06-15T22:42:00Z In contrast to so many other actresses, she seemed as desiring as desirous, with the gift of a thrillingly unladylike appetite. Critic?s Notebook: Movies, Men, Melodramas: A Lust for Life 2011-03-24T03:00:09Z Sylvère’s assumption that young, beautiful women shouldn’t be interested in messy, gross, strange, “unladylike” things is at the heart of our culture’s discomfort with women sharing personal stories. The “personal essay boom” is dead. Long live the personal essay! 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z Adopting James’s style, after all, required Banville to write a sentence like this: “Henrietta delivered herself of a distinctly unladylike snort.” Whatever Happened to Isabel Archer? ‘Mrs. Osmond’ Picks Up Where Henry James Left Off 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z In “Bad Teacher,” a breezily crude comedy about unladylike pleasures like guzzling booze, swearing at children and being mean because, well, you can be, Cameron Diaz taps into her inner thug. | 'Bad Teacher': When the Teacher Gets High Marks in the Raunchy and the Profane 2011-06-23T22:21:08Z Writing about Serena Williams, cultural critic Rebecca Traister argued that the debacle had nothing to do with tennis but rather with how, despite lots of work and progress, we’re still collectively uncomfortable with unladylike behavior. Perspective | The ‘new’ Miss America and the trap of ladylike expectations 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Both activities went against her mother’s wishes, the first because she felt it was unladylike to sweat, the second because it signaled career aspirations other than marriage and motherhood. Dina Merrill, actress and philanthropist of aristocratic poise, dies at 93 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z The bob, while now a classic, has never quite lost its unladylike insouciance. Bye to ‘Real Housewife’ Hair 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z And it was this undisguised and “unladylike” desire for success that made Rivers a feminist icon. Remembering Joan Rivers: Groundbreaking Feminist Icon 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z To suggest that Asher try to dishonestly remember would be unladylike, so I’ll let the letter X, as in exit, be the last word. Review | In a new book, an insider offers a firsthand look at the Beatles. Here are a few takeaways. 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z But after LSU’s hard-fought victory, all some people wanted to talk about was what they considered unladylike conduct. Column: Angel Reese isn't harming women's sports. Her pearl-clutching critics are 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z In the 1890s, there were no certified female dentists in Britain; the profession was considered unladylike and women were seen as physically unsuited to the work. Overlooked No More: Lilian Lindsay, Britain’s First Female Dentist 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Some of the men running the hospital considered Nightingale unladylike and a nuisance. Florence Nightingale’s tireless work brought respect to nursing 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z There was nothing unladylike to be found here, which was the point, but also the problem. What Is Miss America, if Not a Beauty Pageant? 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z When I was a little girl and was sitting sprawled in what my Ohio farm-dwelling grandmother would call “an unladylike pose,” she would say, “Stop taking my picture!” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Stop the false equivalency on Marjorie Taylor Greene and AOC 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z “The session at an end, I would find Karen, her color high, drenched with perspiration. Her comment: ‘I don’t perspire — I sweat — most unladylike!’ Karen Killilea, whose story helped change views on cerebral palsy, dies at 80 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Ann Hopkins was denied partnership at the firm of Price Waterhouse because male executives disliked her manner of dress, her love for motorcycles and what they deemed generally unladylike behavior. By upholding LGBTQ rights, the Supreme Court sets back the religious right's assault on America 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z We describe women who challenge authority or seek power as unladylike, talkative, insistent, self-obsessed. Beyond Rebel Girls: In praise of difficult women 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Holt’s daughter, for instance, is an aspiring scientist who earns eye-rolls from her father for her unladylike ambitions, which she articulates at the drop of a hat. Review | Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’ remake is decidedly — and deliciously — dark 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Maybe the answer is simple: acknowledging the biological reality of a woman’s body is still profoundly unladylike. Women can reclaim power over our bodies – by talking about them | Mandy Len Catron 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z The concept was that a dozen young American women with unladylike traits would be shipped off to an English country house to learn social graces, including flower arranging to pheasant shooting. It was a Trump favorite. Now lawyers want the famously discreet Beverly Hills Hotel to share its secrets. 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z After spending my childhood and teenage years being told to “sit properly, for God’s sake”, I decided to rebel by reclining in as unladylike a manner as possible. Watch out, manspreaders: the womanspreading fightback starts now | Radhika Sanghani 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Dr. Morawetz credited both parents with encouraging her intellectual and professional ambitions — traits that she once joked were “at the time very unladylike.” Her problem-solving theorems helped pave the way for women in mathematics 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z “There with a wooden paddle she learned a slam-bang version of tennis—Harlem children still play it—and developed her hard, unladylike strokes.” The Woman Who Broke the Color Barrier for Tennis 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z You pretty much know that if Clinton did so, the media would be calling her “desperate” or “mean” or “unladylike.” We have Hillary all wrong: Americans hate a politician of the press’ imagination 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Again, at my house anyway, there was unladylike shouting at the television. Running Like a Girl 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z It didn’t help that she was the smartest person in the room; her teachers were annoyed by her “unladylike” behavior of asking too many questions in class. Why women in science are lonely — and shouldn’t be 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z There was a time when women's soccer was considered either 'unladylike' in socially conservative circles or a pale imitation of the 'real thing' among many soccer fans. U.S. triumph caps truly global Women's World Cup 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z Koreans also consider it unladylike for women to smoke in public. Why a Generation of Adoptees Is Returning to South Korea 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Poehler was in the middle of something particularly loud, dirty and “unladylike” when Jimmy Fallon, the show’s then star, told her: “Stop that! It’s not cute! I don’t like it.” Amy Poehler: sweet queen of comedy with a wicked streak 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z Playing a role Roth is of the generation in which talking about money was consider unladylike. 5 Ways To Be A Winner 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z For Winstead, used to projecting glamorous self-assurance on red carpets and in photo shoots, fabricating something so indecorous and unladylike must have posed a challenge. Smashed: Mary Elizabeth Winstead on playing an alcoholic 2012-12-14T08:32:06Z When the organisers selected women's boxing – three categories, flyweight, lightweight and middleweight, I suppose they eschewed a heavyweight category because it sounded unladylike – the controversy was about the skirts. London 2012: Women boxing pioneers happy to punch their weight 2012-08-05T19:12:14Z "If it were not unladylike, I should tell you that you are uttering a falsehood." An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z That was all right at a period when slackness prevailed in girls' schools and it was unfeminine, if not unladylike, to be too learned. Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z They shouted; Tommy put her fingers to her lips and gave a shrill whistle, an accomplishment which some of her friends at home had condemned as unladylike. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z "I wouldn't be unladylike enough to set traps for the Milligans myself, but I can't help feeling glad that somebody else did." Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z For years women had protected their delicate skin to prevent any unladylike, healthy appearance. Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States 2011-10-03T02:00:33.640Z One of the most vicious conventions is that which makes vigorous play vulgar and unladylike for girls. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z Bobby was perched on the corner of Mr. Sharp’s desk, in a most unladylike attitude, and apparently just removing a burning cigarette from her rosy lips! The Girls of Central High Rivals for All Honors 2011-08-11T02:00:17.153Z What it meant, I never knew; and to be candid, I have always been afraid to ask for fear of its being unladylike and strange. A Fluttered Dovecote 2011-07-29T02:00:21.880Z Our grandmothers objected to their own set using slang on the ground that it was "unladylike." The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z Women cannot get into passions and say unladylike words, especially to their fathers. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z According to her theory, young ladies should never be so unladylike as to have great purposes or great ideas. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z Think I’m hanging around here to see a parcel of girls be as unladylike as they can? The Girls of Central High Rivals for All Honors 2011-08-11T02:00:17.153Z As for any personal interest in the recipients of her alms, she had none whatever; and would, indeed, have deemed it both unnecessary and unladylike that she should have had such interest. The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem 2011-06-14T02:00:18.357Z In spite of all aunt Adeline's corrections, her niece very frequently falls into the error of raising her voice to what Miss Adeline considers a most unladylike pitch of clearness and highness. Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel 2011-06-11T02:00:13.290Z And I am well aware that society generally would consider such conduct on the part of her ladyship coarse and unladylike. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z Darry has paid me up and to spare for that unladylike trick. The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht 2011-05-19T02:00:07.110Z You are the most conceited, meddling, unladylike girl I ever met! Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z What would Miss Campbell say, and Billie, and the others, when they heard of her unladylike behavior? The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z And my reward for an honest try was to listen to as lovely a tale of treachery and unladylike behavior as I can remember. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z She behaved in a very unladylike way about it—I must say that; but if we can forgive it, and let bygones be bygones, I suppose she can. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z It is unladylike, it is against all rules, it is extremely immodest.... Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z It is needless to say that Dorothea was furious to be called by implication bold and unladylike, and a possible injury to the school. Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z I should indeed be rude and unladylike to say that I hated you; but I mean the Yankees in general. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z “The videos showed people fidgeting, playing with their mouth, and showed which girls were sitting here like this, very unladylike,” Ladwig said as he parted his knees. After Skating, a Unique Olympic Event: Crying 2010-02-22T12:56:00Z She carefully examined the lie of the ground in both directions, thrust her tongue out of one corner of her mouth—an unladylike habit which intruded itself at moments of extreme tension—and played. "Pip" A Romance of Youth I fear I shall soon be saying something unladylike.” The Master's Violin A girl should be allowed, on no account, to climb a tree, or be unladylike. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. I know they do," said Millicent, "and Mother says it is most unladylike. The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story This remark may perhaps have been unladylike—that would have been Chat's word for it. The Great Miss Driver Not that the boy matters, but it is unladylike. "Pip" A Romance of Youth The break before the last word was due to Miss Horner's momentary but distinctly perceptible criticism of the unladylike bedroom, where her niece lay suckling her baby girl. Carnival She had lain awake half the night thinking of what a rude, unladylike, childish trick she had been guilty. Harper's Round Table, May 14, 1895 She vaguely felt that her niece had done something unladylike and odd, which was so unlike Louisa. The Heart of a Woman This speech I defend less than the unladylike one; I liked her better on the subject of the thrashing. The Great Miss Driver Miss Smedley deprecated the use of any such unladylike words in any connexion at all. The Golden Age Hortense thinks it was very unladylike, but I don't see what else I could have done. The Girl from Arizona Three cheers for Dolly and may she soon get lost again!” shouted Winifred, and, for once, was not rebuked because of unladylike manners. Dorothy at Oak Knowe "I wouldn't be unladylike enough to inquire," returned the roguish sister, with a toss of her head. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in The same word comes into my mind, that word all the girls have run away from: unladylike! Old Crow To say I could guess, sister, would have been unladylike. Quality Street A Comedy "Mrs. Case reports your rough and unladylike conduct on the lake yesterday," said the teacher, rather grimly. The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna or, The Crew That Won It was very unladylike, and Elizabeth knew it, but in spite of herself she continued to stare. Captain Pott's Minister Now I have considered a more equitable way of making you young ladies pay the penalty of that very unladylike and dishonest proceeding. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in She glared at Spot and spat at him in a most unladylike fashion. The Tale of Old Dog Spot Sister, I could bear all the rest; but I have been unladylike. Quality Street A Comedy Anne was tanned by the winds of moor and sea, she had a superb majestic figure, and strode when she took her exercise in a thoroughly unladylike manner. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 How many times have I told you that it is unladylike?” Captain Pott's Minister I acted the spitfire, too, and I am afraid I said some very unladylike things to him. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story June gave a rather unladylike sniff, but Esther was too engrossed to notice. The Phantom Lover Several precious hours were spent considering whether this was dignified and whether women would not be considered "unladylike" if they adopted it. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI As she entered the capital she suddenly became aware that she was holding her skirts high over her hoop in a most unladylike manner. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 If you had never heard that you had done an unladylike thing you would not know it. In Times Like These But an exaggeration, though not perhaps a falsehood, is unladylike, and should be avoided by persons of refinement.” An Encore It is reported to me by Miss Picolet that you spoke to her in a most unladylike manner. Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall or Solving the Campus Mystery Beads of perspiration came out on my nose, which Aunt Mary always used to tell me was most unladylike and ought never to happen. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America Ladies should not use unfair or unladylike means to sell their wares. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society “However, as we do not seem to be making much headway I shall take other means of finding out who did this very unladylike and unkind thing.” A Dear Little Girl at School “Foolish? she’s an unladylike person!” cried Miss North, with so much feeling that her mother looked at her in mild astonishment. An Encore That's a very unladylike expression, Harry, and I know I oughtn't to use it, but there's nothing else does so well. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California Such an atrociously cheeky, unladylike thing to do, and putting her address here at the Grange! The Madcap of the School She is unable to take the proper kind or necessary amount of exercise, even if she were not taught that it would be unladylike to make the attempt. What a Young Woman Ought to Know Well, Elizabeth Gordon," said Miss Hillary, "any big girl of ten should have learned long ago that it is very rude and unladylike to sit writing when her teacher is talking to her. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Now I know you did something dreadfully unladylike and improper. Moods By stating “B, 2” in the following way, it may be a paragraph of “what not:” It was once considered unladylike for women to engage in any occupation outside of the home. English: Composition and Literature If there are citizens of the State who think it unladylike or ungentlemanlike to take their part in the government, let them stay at home. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Forget, for a little while, the sneers of the press and the pulpit, the laugh of the fashionable lady, who calls you unladylike, and the scorn of arrogant men, who appreciate not your labors! History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I You know, Elizabeth, I have warned you repeatedly against the wild streak in you, and yet in the face of all my admonitions you still persist in acting in an unladylike manner. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Flossy had been fond of scent, and, though Maud always said that the use of scent was most unladylike, he, James, did not dislike it. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 But each girl resolved at that minute, if being hearty and hale and fearless were unladylike, from that moment they would be that very thing. Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life It is considered unladylike, I believe, for people to talk about love and marriage. The Chautauqua Girls At Home Had you been riding about the Forest all those hours alone, it would have been eccentric—unladylike—masculine even. Vixen, Volume II. "Do you not think it wrong to hate anyone—the very word hate was considered unladylike when I was a girl—without cause?" Vixen, Volume I. Who can suppose that you value what you are willing to risk for an unladylike bet, or an unfeminine sporting expedition!’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster It may have been that she wished to keep them from wearing out, or perhaps, she considered it unladylike to open her mouth more than was absolutely necessary. Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life She was there told that she was unfeminine, unladylike! The Bertrams My daughter has brought great humiliation upon us—upon her family, my dear Philip—by this—I must be harsh—by this unladylike transaction—— Lady Filson. The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts It was unladylike to thump so heavily, thought Robbie Belle in the midst of her confused dismay over having lost the place in the text as well as forgotten the translation. Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls To her, Genevieve's climb to the top of the windmill tower was very dangerous, as well as very unladylike. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch Miss Trevor gulped down the scalding tea in an almost unladylike manner, and put the cup down with a shaking hand. Black Oxen She, who must never be so unladylike as to enter a polling-place, had breathed into her very mouth the clerkling’s virile electoral odor of cigarettes and onions and decayed teeth. The Job An American Novel Don't you sit there with your powdered face and crimped-up hair and tell me I am unladylike! Polly and Eleanor Oh, I suppose you think it very unladylike to use such slang. Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block From my personal experience of her I could not have believed her capable of unladylike conduct. A Patriotic Schoolgirl I had not expected to meet them, and felt a painful conviction that I was unnecessarily attracting attention, by an unladylike display of defiance, from the crowd gathered there. A Confederate Girl's Diary She did not quite understand what accusation had been brought against her; but she did not like the sound of the word 'unladylike.' The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols "Not before you've had some breakfast," said her father, and so she hurriedly ate—it might be said "gobbled," if it were not so unladylike—the breakfast that Mrs. Jenkins placed before her. Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion Miss Arabella thought it very unladylike to get out of temper. A Little Girl in Old Boston She reproached them for unladylike conduct, loss of dignity, and lack of discipline. A Patriotic Schoolgirl I can never tell her how I hate to have her here, for that would be unladylike. The Governess I'll tell you what it is, Baby; it's very unladylike to impute motives.' The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols And it is extremely unladylike for a girl to bear a boy's name. Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion I do not know whether Mrs Crossland thought me bold and unladylike, but if she had known how every bit of me was trembling, she might perhaps have changed that view. Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow I shall at once report your unladylike conduct to Mrs. Morrison. A Patriotic Schoolgirl "Well, whatever you want to act like, Nan," she said, "I can tell you I ain't going to do anything unladylike, so there!" and she stalked out of the room with dignity. The Governess Her father and her sister would despise her if they knew she had done such a wicked and unladylike thing as to set the boat-house on fire. Work and Win or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise I never thought about my name being unladylike, Miss Cora, and I'm sure it hasn't made any difference with me. Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion Its unexpected, unladylike harshness fell on his trained ear with the disagreeable effect of a false note. Chance A Tale in Two Parts "This is no way to treat a man's anatomy—most unladylike conduct I ever saw," he protested. The Highgrader She smothered her laughter in a most unladylike sound somewhere between a snort and a squawk. Sense from Thought Divide We entered, and were received by a good-looking, not unladylike, but rather fierce-eyed young woman and her younger sister. Memoirs The girls knew it and Miss Cora knew it, and this helped to make the latter feel in a still more unkindly mood toward the girl with the "unladylike name." Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion It was not that Miss Altifiorla was ignorant, or unladylike, or ill-dressed; but that she knew her friend too well. Kept in the Dark Anger only deepened her colour, and an unladylike and unfilial yearning to bang their two foolish heads together possessed her. Salthaven Now I dare say I shall be considered very bold and unladylike, and unfeminine—that's the word—for owning that I do indeed enjoy paying my favourites a visit in their comfortable quarters. Kate Coventry An Autobiography Laying down the paper, Miss Stivergill lifted up her eyes and hands, pursed her mouth, and gave vent to a most unladylike whistle! Post Haste Quite apart from the fact that you must have behaved in a very childish and unladylike fashion to make the girl so uncomfortable, you have also done me an injury. The Making of a Soul Trigger flushed, straightened up, eyes blazing, and pronounced a very unladylike word. Legacy But he did not know that she indulged in that unladylike trick only after dark. The Tale of Betsy Butterfly Tuck-Me-In Tales Well,” she continued, smiling; “so you think it very unladylike for a woman to handle a gun, eh?” First in the Field A Story of New South Wales She did not smack her lips over it, because she would have considered it unladylike to smack her lips, but by less offensive gestures she sought to convey her unbounded pleasure in the jam. Clayhanger Perhaps they would take me at some small, old-fashioned seminary where sports are considered unladylike, and the pupils take their exercise in a crocodile up and down the parade.” Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story Agnes is nervous," said the teacher, quietly, "but she must learn to control her nerves and not to fly into a passion and be unladylike. The Corner House Girls at School Kitty thoughtfully cracked a filbert with her teeth—an unladylike habit about which I have often spoken to her—and said— "What exciting chats you must have!" The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton Elizabeth," he said, sternly, "in view of your most unrefined and unladylike language it behooves me to reprimand you severely. You Should Worry Says John Henry Almost as he ended his simple story, the procession came to a halt: the strains of Tom Bowling changed into noisy—and, on the part of the ladies, very unladylike—expostulations. The Adventures of Harry Revel "Oh, very well," said Phil, in a resigned sort of tone, seating himself in a most unladylike attitude on a three-cornered chair. We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses Mrs. Briggs was placed upon the committee of management, but declined to serve, on account of the unbecoming costume she was invited to wear, and because she considered it unladylike to sit in a kitchen. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City If it came to that, I might in my rage wax unladylike; so perhaps, of the two evils, the lesser would be the sneak act—n'est ce pas? Set in Silver The girl, she confided every night to the major, was unladylike, unwomanly, outr�, horsy, unthinkable, an insult to any woman into whose presence she came. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch "If it were not unladylike, I really should box those ears of yours!" Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside Miss Marston had said that they must think me very unladylike. We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses Indeed, she even had an idea that she could have whipped him herself, had she cared to be so unladylike as to fight. The Tale of Henrietta Hen "Indeed, my behavior has been very unladylike to-day," sighed Lulu; "and papa is very, very much displeased with me." Elsie's Vacation and After Events She had waved on the spur of the moment, and to have her innocent and impulsive act construed into "signaling to gentlemen," and reproved as "unladylike conduct," was highly aggravating. The Luckiest Girl in the School If you have a table at a fair, use no unladylike means to obtain buyers. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society "Why didn't you say right out that you thought my dressing up and coming over to your house that way was very queer and unladylike?" We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses There is no unladylike, boisterous noise, but musical peals of laughter come thick and fast; and faster and thicker, preternaturally fast and thick, come the words with them. Autumn Leaves Original Pieces in Prose and Verse It would be most unladylike to read it, she decided—a sort of thing only the housemaids would do. Beyond The Rocks A Love Story "It was that I so wanted you to win … I was afraid …" "It was very—very unladylike," began Ishmael, then paused. Secret Bread It may appear unladylike, I know, but I think it right to stay by Ellen. Bad Hugh And go for him she did, with most unladylike ferocity. Science in Arcady Charlotte Sandal, you shall not say such very unladylike, such unchristianlike, things in my room. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance Father," ventured Mr. Clarence, "I do not believe Cora could treat any one with rudeness, and surely she could never be unladylike. For Woman's Love Tavia jumped up, and, with a most unladylike "whoop," ran from one end of the loft to the other, exclaiming at every new found article of interest. Dorothy Dale's Camping Days They would never catch his wife, when he had one, doing a thing so unladylike. Bad Hugh Should I live to be a thousand years old, I do not think I should forget the unladylike proceedings of sundry old women at that auction. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Juno, then, must have been the delinquent; and though the mother shrank from the act as unladylike, if nothing more, she resolved to keep the letter till some inquiry was made for it at least. Family Pride Or, Purified by Suffering The women's letters were written in infinitesimal characters, it being considered unladylike to write a large hand. 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 Miss Kitty said timidly, "You don't think I have been unladylike, do you, Ailie?" Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood With a sigh of profound relief he gave Iris the cup, and smiled at the most unladylike haste with which she emptied it. The Wings of the Morning 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 Nellie turned and stared at them in most unladylike manner, much to their discomfiture. The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate The question was indiscreet, for it jerked Mrs. Carr's mind back with violence from its innocent ramble into the past, while it reminded her of Gabriella's present unladylike occupation. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage There were a few—a very few—who wrote; many very excellent persons held writing to be 'unladylike.' As We Are and As We May Be All of which was inelegant, unladylike, and nonsensical. Kitty Trenire Anything which differs from this they are apt to regard as "ungentlemanlike or unladylike," and shun accordingly. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 "I have a most unwomanly and unladylike desire to see that beast manhandled." Kindred of the Dust Approaching an American residence, Ethel suddenly found herself conscious of the fact that she was dressed in a most unladylike Japanese kimo. In the Clutch of the War-God Looking about to assure herself that so unladylike an act was not observed, she thrust her jeweled hand into the exposed breast pocket and drew out a mouldy pocket-book. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians You think I was very rude and unladylike in my replies to you during that last interesting ride we took. Ester Ried As for Lucie—enclosed in a cage as we are—I never saw her unwashed, uncombed, frivolous or unladylike. Rescuing the Czar Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated The mother and sisters of the rebel crowded around him, to say good-by; and, in spite of the unladylike, and even insulting manner with which they had treated him, Frank could not help pitying them. Frank on a Gun-Boat Tucking one foot under her, as every girl is taught in the school-room it is most unladylike to do, she turned and faced him. Ladies Must Live The chums had not seen Linda since the evening of the party, when the railroad president's daughter had acted in such an unladylike manner. Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays Rescuing the Runaways But," said common sense, "I don't see why it's a bit more unladylike than the ladies' colloquy at the lyceum was last evening. Ester Ried Her unladylike behavior gave occasion —— many unpleasant remarks. Practical Exercises in English There was a hard way with her of talking about herself which he almost pronounced to be unladylike. Mr. Scarborough's Family You tell me that I lowered my standard by lending countenance to a pernicious and unladylike habit. A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters You went to the masthead in a chair, which I think very unladylike. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 He has already suffered enough and any one with such a ballyragging, unreasonable, unladylike, and headstrong wife deserves our sympathy. Duty, and other Irish Comedies Doubtless women are stronger physically than they were a half-century ago, when it was considered unladylike to exercise. A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. Had grannie seen me, I would have been lectured about unladylike behaviour. My Brilliant Career Very unladylike, I know, but I am not a lady. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss Book!" snapped the angry voice; "I'll book you all for what you won't like if I ever catch you in such unladylike postures again! Polly and the Princess She said it was noisy and unladylike—and only just a little while ago she just loved to have me laugh and play and be happy! Mary Marie And then deliberately turning from me and assuming a most unladylike attitude, she slapped herself vigorously on the small of the back, exclaiming: "Because of my pain here!" Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest With which unladylike remark she dismissed him from her mind as a possible ally. Good Indian To see one broken down, foretells accident or serious loss For a young woman to ride on one, denotes she will engage in some unladylike and obnoxious affair. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition Aggie's neatly rounded jaw dropped in a gape of surprise that was most unladylike. Within the Law She hates him and insults him to an extent that is really unladylike. Stage-Land "It's most unladylike to hint"— You may not hint, You must not hint— It says you mustn't hint, in print! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Her grandmother was frightfully angry and said: "That comes of such unladylike amusements!" A Young Girl's Diary To a young woman, they warn her of unladylike conduct towards her lover. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition I have a very distinct impression of Beatrice dancing about us during the affair in a state of unladylike appreciation, but I was too preoccupied to hear much of what she was saying. Tono Bungay I was horribly afraid it might have been something unladylike and indelicate. Rewards and Fairies Up to the very last moment of the formal courtship he held himself ready to withdraw should she reveal to his watchfulness the slightest sign of having any "unladylike" tendencies or feelings. The Price She Paid But Martha, being lazy and self-indulgent and not imaginative enough to foresee to what a pass a few years more of lounging and stuffing would bring her, regarded exercise as unladylike and dieting as unhealthful. The Conflict The other was the wild and unladylike street brawl in which she took part so that a terrified and tortured little boy might escape his tormentors. Fanny Herself Miss Smedley deprecated the use of any such unladylike words in any connection at all. The Golden Age She went the length—the very unladylike length—of taking him by the hand. The Moonstone "Not tetchy, mamma: you never hear me speak in an unladylike way." Middlemarch Henchard's chiding, by begetting in her a nervous fear of doing anything definable as unladylike, had operated thus curiously in keeping them unknown to each other at a critical moment. The Mayor of Casterbridge The echo of her rude laughter as she performed this unladylike feat was heard down the passage. Wild Kitty I know it was an abominable and unladylike thing to say, but my tongue sometimes runs away with my thoughts. Viviette She approached dear Mr. Godfrey at a most unladylike rate of speed, with her hair shockingly untidy, and her face, what I should call, unbecomingly flushed. The Moonstone But that night at tea Gussie said that she thought strong-minded ladies were very unladylike; "they say she's strong-minded," she added, languidly. Quaint Courtships My words are strong; you are welcome to call them unladylike; but you shall not doubt what I mean. The Flight of the Shadow "She is the most extraordinary, wild, reckless, absolutely unladylike, vulgar person I ever came across in the whole course of my life." Wild Kitty "Really, Rhoda does use the most dreadfully unladylike expressions sometimes," she commented inwardly. The Far Horizon She rose and stretched and yawned in a most unladylike fashion. The Sisters-In-Law "Foolish? she's an unladylike person!" cried Miss North, with so much feeling that her mother looked at her in mild astonishment. Quaint Courtships Ah," the other returned with perfect calmness, "that is the danger of doing an unladylike thing. The Puritans Eliza does rush in upon us sometimes in the most unbecoming, unladylike way. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War "Poor prince," thought the lady, with a very unladylike chuckle to herself. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece It is really, my dear girl, unladylike; and let me tell you another thing, that when you lose your fresh wild-rose color, you will lose the greater part of your beauty. Light O' the Morning “I would not return her kindness in such an unladylike way when she is trusting you, Vera.” Modern Broods "You see," she mourned, "I—I didn't act a bit right when you—told me you—loved me—" "Ah, but you did, Diana—" "No, Peregrine, I was quite wrong and oh, most unladylike!" Peregrine's Progress For myself, I was conscious of an intense, and most unladylike, desire to slap the poor babu. Olivia in India "Don't you think it's unladylike to have your muscles all hard and developed?" The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin Or, Paddles Down "I thank you," replied Cousin Peligros, who included domestic servants in her category of persons in whose presence it is unladylike to be natural. The Velvet Glove And the lady described a sign of contempt that was wholly unladylike. Alias the Lone Wolf "What's that?" asked Mollie, with an unladylike sniff; "that lovely smell?" The Happy Adventurers Captain Wayne, I feel I owe you an apology for my unwarranted and unladylike conduct last night. My Lady of the North "What do you think of her?" asked Oh-Pshaw hastily, steering the conversation away from muscles and kindred unladylike topics. The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin Or, Paddles Down She protested as strongly as she could, without upsetting her equanimity, for to go beyond that she felt was unladylike and bad for both nerves and digestion. Philip Dru Administrator : a Story of Tomorrow 1920 - 1935 All that people like you disapprove of; all that you probably consider undignified and unladylike, such as riding, roping, shooting—" "Riding—unladylike? Flowing Gold It's most unladylike—begging a gentleman for gifts. The Net I know you won't do anything wrong or unladylike, but I want to warn you, my little girl, not to get mixed up in any romantic adventures. Patty in Paris "Oh, I don't think it makes girls unladylike to learn how to swim," she defended. The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin Or, Paddles Down I never supposed you capable of such an unladylike design. The Long Vacation It is so unladylike, and so bad, especially for the little ones. What Katy Did at School Madam Bowker's tone was almost unladylike; her ebon staff was flourishing threateningly. The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel It was more than Mrs. Bazalgette could bear: she had now and then, not often, unladylike impulses. Love Me Little, Love Me Long "Besides, it was very unladylike to insult Mrs. Tarleton in public." Home Lights and Shadows His mother had often told him not to play with any of the Watson boys, they were so rough and unladylike in their manner. Sowing Seeds in Danny I will pledge myself for Molly that she shan't sit in a cherry-tree; and Molly shall see that I don't go upstairs in an unladylike way. Wives and Daughters It was not merely unladylike; it was unwomanly. Mr. Hogarth's Will I have got accustomed to hear you talking about men as rotters, and calling everything filthy and beastly; though I do think it horrible and unladylike. Pygmalion "Now I'm going to do a most unladylike and inexcusable thing," she said, as she pulled her green velvet hat out of its box. Rilla of Ingleside He was so incomprehensibly unwilling to go into the room and speak to me, that I had to do a very unladylike thing. Poor Miss Finch He has put me in the position of having done an unkind thing—an unladylike thing—when I was only doing what I had to do. The Register Even if she does know a thing very well, she should keep her knowledge in the background; there is a graceful timidity that is far more attractive than such unladylike confidence. Mr. Hogarth's Will I know I am naughty and horrid and unladylike, but it is my own own fault, indeed it is, and nobody ELSE'S! Countess Kate She, herself, after she came home that night was quite ashamed and evidently feared that she had been guilty of unbecoming conduct: she confessed to mother that she had been 'rather unladylike.' Rilla of Ingleside Miss Aldclyffe was disconcerted at this unexpected show of spirit, and ashamed of her unladylike impulse now it was put into words. Desperate Remedies And you know, Mark, it was so unladylike, her getting up in that way. Framley Parsonage In the very height of their emotion they knew it to be unmanly or unladylike. A Room with a View When David had kittens, which interesting domestic event took place pretty frequently, he—or she—positively refused to be an occupant of that surrey, growling and scratching in a decidedly ungentlemanly—or unladylike—manner. Mary-'Gusta There were obvious indications that she no longer considered brandy and soda an unladylike beverage. Peter Ruff and the Double Four "I didn't never call him unladylike, not even when he tied my Clorinda to the firewood bundle and burned her at the stake for a martyr." The Railway Children Gertrude knew it, and was angry with herself, not because her retort was false, but because she thought it unladylike. An Unsocial Socialist For you," I wrote, "who are so wise in the ways of those tricky things called nerves, must know that it was only a mild hysteria that made me say those most unladylike things. Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed “Thank you for telling me that my contemplated conduct is unladylike.” Adventure |
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