| 单词 | ill-chosen |
| 例句 | Estermont thinks the flaming heart ill-chosen and begs to fight beneath the crowned stag as of old. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The names were very ill-chosen in her opinion. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The actress brings a deliberate stilted, somewhat tremulous quality to the performance that is perfect for Pinter; her line readings suggest Emma's awareness that any ill-chosen word might detonate a bomb. Press views: Weisz and Craig in Betrayal 2013-11-04T11:37:56Z But this brick-walled space directly beneath Waterloo Station strikes me as an ill-chosen venue for a piece of verbatim theatre comprising interviews with Iraqis driven to seek refuge in Jordan. Review 2010-07-09T00:58:00Z Reid said they liked his voice — but Reid and Cowell said they thought the song was ill-chosen. LeRoy Bell singled out in 'X Factor' lip syncing coverage 2011-11-05T22:28:44Z Later, he apologized for those comments on “The View,” saying that they were ill-chosen words and that “to dress the first lady of the United States is an enormous privilege.” Ann Romney’s Dress by Oscar de la Renta Starts the Conversation 2012-08-29T19:57:10Z There's entertaining material about Davies's ill-chosen education career – and plenty examples of his taste for playground humour. Greg Davies ? review 2011-03-22T19:31:00Z On a line-by-line basis Priest's prose is sometimes awkward, with repetitive constructions and a few ill-chosen words. 'Dreadnought': Cherie Priest's steampunk saga of a Civil War nurse and a big bad train 2010-10-01T22:00:00Z The acting throughout is, to be charitable, spotty, particularly from quite a few ill-chosen supporting players. '50 to 1' can't overcome its long odds 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The collapse of France’s armies in an ill-chosen war with Prussia a year earlier had finished off Napoleon III’s authoritarian Second Empire. Spring uprising 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z City Council member Jamie R. Gauthier, for example, said that Krasner “is an ally and a partner” and that his record on criminal justice cannot be erased by a few ill-chosen words. The White DA, the Black ex-mayor and a harsh debate on crime 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z The art museum was without a director, following the sudden resignation of an ill-chosen curator for the difficult post after less than a year on the job. Commentary: LACMA erred big-time in unloading the May Co. building. Academy Museum shows why 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Unfortunately for PresidentBushranger, mountain lions primarily prey on deer and small mammals — not ill-chosen cowboy hats. So, uhh, about Jeff Bezos’s cowboy hat … 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z And before you let loose with a flurry of ill-chosen curses, you might want to glance over your shoulder. Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z She’ll go on an apology tour of the Senate, probably beginning with a visit to Collins to ask forgiveness for her ill-chosen words about bad faith. Column: A Biden Cabinet nominee's tweets hurt the feelings of GOP senators. That could cost her the job 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z If you step back from the day-to-day media narrative — often influenced by shortsighted allocations of political capital — progressives are winning the war even as they lose ill-chosen battles. Beyond Trump: Despite the setbacks of 2020, progressives now have a real path to power 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z That memorably ill-chosen metaphor would become a grim punch line for the growing antiwar movement of the era. Might the coronavirus be a peacemaker? 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z Wright's comments did include a few ill-chosen words about Trump. ABC's David Wright told the truth about network news and Trump — and paid the price 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z But others argue that a mountain-size sculpture is a singularly ill-chosen tribute. Who Speaks for Crazy Horse? 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Samirah apologized for his words, which he said were “ill-chosen,” but he also said they were taken out of context as part of “a slander campaign.” Meet the Virginia lawmaker who protested Trump at Jamestown 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z No one here wants to endanger the program, or their presence within it, with an ill-chosen word. The Last Good Gig:
A Summer at the South Pole 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Mulhall said: “Given the term is championed by many figures inside the alt-right milieu, no politician in their right mind should be promoting such an obviously fake conspiracy theory. These are ill-judged, ill-chosen words.” Tory MP criticised for using antisemitic term 'cultural Marxism' 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z And they did all this despite dealing with some ill-chosen words by star receiver Odell Beckham Jr., about Eli Manning and the team’s heart in the days leading up to the game. New York Giants believe breakout is near despite 1-4 record 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Mr. DeSantis quickly complicated his bid with some ill-chosen words Wednesday in which he warned Floridians not to “monkey this up” by electing Mr. Gillum — a phrase Democrats deemed “racist” because Mr. Gillum is black. Ron DeSantis, Andrew Gillum race in Florida could be piece to solving 2018 election puzzle 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Hardly immune from the odd ill-chosen comment himself, Johnson adds that when he meets Trump’s secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, at the summit, he will remind him of the open invitation for a state visit. Boris Johnson: 'Let us have a grown-up conversation with our American friends' 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z “We regret that our words were ill-chosen. They did not properly convey the pilot program’s intent and they inaccurately reflected our values.” Crime-fighting robot retired after launching alleged ‘war on the homeless’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z “We regret that our words were ill-chosen. They did not properly convey the pilot program’s intent and they inaccurately reflected our values,” said Scarlett. Big Brother on wheels? Fired security robot divides local homeless people 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z Your words alone, often ill-chosen and sent by nightly courier, only remind and rouse your enemies into a pack of wolves thirsting for your blood. Sincerely, Niccolo Machiavelli: An open letter to Donald Trump, from the guy who wrote the book on power moves 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z At a rally Thursday night in Charlotte, he expressed regret for “personal pain” he may have caused with ill-chosen words used “in the heat of debate.” Win or lose, Trumpism may be here to stay in the GOP 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z And yet the town hall format, forcing conversation with regular people, seemed ill-chosen for a President who, when dealing with serious matters, builds elaborate rhetorical bridges. President Obama's Town Hall Meeting Showed TV's Limits 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z It is also the result of bad decisions by Mr Cameron, including an ill-chosen battle over Mr Juncker’s appointment, and a general diplomatic disengagement. And shut the door behind you 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The ill-chosen example, which probably contributed to the narrow defeat of his bill, backfired. How does the gun industry live with itself? The psychology behind inhumanity 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z "We've had discussions internally with the organizing team, and they recognize that this theme was ill-chosen," the company said in a statement. Twitter’s got some growing up to do 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z One ill-chosen word — or, worse, a failure to answer a reporter’s question — and the candidate is suddenly redrawn into a caricature he doesn’t recognize. Alison Grimes and the unanswered question on Obama Bridge prepared dossiers on prominent Republicans and sent staffers to film Republican candidates’ every move, waiting to pounce on ill-chosen words. Digging dirt, digitally 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z In the end, how Clinton elaborates an answer to that question will matter more than a few ill-chosen words about the state of her bank account. Teachable moment for Clinton The ill-chosen words in a moment of stress. Is It Possible To Recover From Humiliation? 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z His breadth of support suggests that, absent some ill-chosen phrases that he will spend much time in the coming days lamenting, he is well within the national-security mainstream. Weighing Up the Choice of Chuck Hagel 2013-01-08T10:50:20Z All thanks to five ill-chosen words to Anton Ferdinand a year ago on the pitch. Hugh Muir's diary 2012-10-29T22:50:01Z He owned up to frittering away $100 million on drugs and ill-chosen companions in his 2006 best seller “How to Get Rich,” but these days the enfant terrible seems, well, a little less terrible. The Media Equation: Print’s Poetry Still a Draw for the Publisher Felix Dennis 2012-10-22T02:52:04Z I thought the time ill-chosen, and I touched her angrily. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z In accordance with these reflections, I cannot say that I am convinced of the reality of the things which are comprised under the ill-chosen name of Spiritualism. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z These periods are ill-chosen, and the method slow and bungling. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The time's ill-chosen for comedians, but The law of hospitality holds good. The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z Afterwards, when I thought of them—and I often did think of them and of every trifling incident of that memorable walk—they seemed to me weak and ill-chosen. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z The day was hot, the time for riding ill-chosen; but the exercise did me good. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z Such an ill-chosen expression, a parody on Holy Writ, or something like it! The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z As the disguised unknown did not speak, Merry went on: “The strongest evidence of your unbalanced state of mind is the ill-chosen attire you are wearing.” Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z A recommendation from Charles II. to the East India Company procured for him an apparently suitable, though, as it proved, ill-chosen station, and in November 1676 he embarked for St Helena. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z All their flowers were single, and all their fruit-trees were wild stocks, and their species very ill-chosen. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z Then it had been broken by one ill-chosen word. Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z Sometimes the manners of the British have effloresced in scolding at the word as ill-chosen—ill-chosen, that is, to express some meaning that it was rather designed to exclude. The pragmatic theory of truth as developed by Peirce, James, and Dewey 2011-09-29T02:00:12.190Z She checked a tear, and kept silence, not to irritate a grief she as yet knew nothing of by some ill-chosen word. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z My ill-chosen words were daggers to my parents, whose faces were wrinkled with pains of their own. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z The place was not ill-chosen by the holy man, if the circumstances could but have been adapted to that highest worship—the service of the life.... Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z This architectural incongruity is not picturesque, but, on the contrary, strikes one as very crude and ill-chosen. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z It is a backward policy, to say the least of it, to weaken, or obliterate, by ill-chosen language, the ideas you set out to foster in the reader. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z The reproaches you allow yourself to make are most ill-chosen, and, in fact, inexcusable. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Why, when I put it to him fairly, he laughed in my face; made some ill-chosen jest about it being only a question of time. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z She was seldom fit to be seen, and if any company came by chance to dinner, she would make them wait till it was quite cold, whilst she huddled on some ill-chosen finery. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z Their reception, and the continuance of their names among the most honoured of its inhabitants, proved that the spot was neither ill-chosen, nor uncongenial. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z Its very ill-chosen position forbids all chance of future prosperity. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Many of the worst suggestions that attach to the word rheumatism are founded on these ill-chosen designations. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z The acting was excellent, but the words were ill-chosen. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z In the first place, it was given in an ill-chosen sequence. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z To enlighten the provinces and provoke their intervention, such was the rôle of the delegation of the Exterior, which, under an ill-chosen title, was only second in importance to that of War. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z Mr. Herndon, this is indeed an ill-chosen occasion on which to approach you on a subject uppermost in my mind. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z Behind it was his grey-toned, intelligent, resentful face, his smouldering eyes, his slightly frayed collar and vivid, ill-chosen tie. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Perhaps the time for a declaration is ill-chosen; but I only too well know that Miss Forest is the object of so many solicitations that absence might be dangerous to my hopes. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z He wore a tweed knickerbocker suit,—very old-fashioned, and of local make,—a flannel collar, and an ill-chosen tie. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z Clegg's remarks on the eve of his party conference in September, that the Lib Dems are not a "receptacle for left-wing dissatisfaction with Labour", were particularly ill-chosen. Vince Cable and co have to fight their corner ? or walk away 2010-12-22T20:00:00Z The former declares that "Fate" is only an ill-chosen name for Providence. Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions 2010-12-20T17:12:31.233Z Republicans have been seeking to recruit a strong challenger to Steele, whose tenure has been marked by ill-chosen remarks and questions about the party's finances. Steele Draws Challenger for GOP Chairman 2010-11-19T14:25:00Z Any presents from the new European Commission are likely to be ill-chosen and disappointing. 2009-12-17T04:18:00Z In this room were odds and ends of furniture, a few pictures not ill-chosen—pictures not in crude colors, but good blacks and whites. The Broken Gate A Novel "Place indeed," answered the young man boldly, "but the time is, perhaps, a little ill-chosen." The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion The reaction of ill-chosen taxes on industry is a hindrance to their productiveness and their growth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" Katrine felt an instant conviction that ninon was heavy, that colour was vulgar, that every item of her own toilette was detestable and ill-chosen. An Unknown Lover Mrs Elstree said that I was to do all I could to cheer and enliven you, and here have I been making you worse with my ill-chosen chatter. The Sapphire Cross The Marchioness welcomed him cordially, later on, and Mr. Dane Montague and Mr. Hartwell seemed very harmless in their ill-chosen country clothes, and ingratiating almost to the point of fulsomeness. Jacob's Ladder Though no epicure, I could not forbear observing that many of the dishes were out of season, ill-chosen, and ill-dressed. Coelebs In Search of a Wife The estate was an ill-chosen and unprofitable one. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Thou must assist me, it must never happen That with ill-chosen words thou link this present Too strongly to the life which now is over. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature "Take it quietly," was the ill-chosen sentiment which suggested itself to Mr. Burr. The Wishing Moon Klein had hailed the praam from the rifle-pits; he had there uttered ill-chosen words, unhappily prophetic; it is even likely that he was present at the time of the first fire. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) He used his ill-chosen adjective for the letter as he pointed at it, so that one might have thought he was calling attention to a stain upon it. When Ghost Meets Ghost At this I could have laughed, but the moment seemed ill-chosen. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) But the occasion was ill-chosen, and he spoke with all a poet's imprudence. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series And the ugliness of the room was a thing to be discounted and forgotten, like some beautiful, full-blooded woman's tawdry, and ill-chosen clothes, because this room held Green River. The Wishing Moon Even if he erred in this idea the 115 moment was probably ill-chosen. The Peace of Roaring River But her manner was defective and her line of argument ill-chosen. When Ghost Meets Ghost When architects have done their part, The matter may betray their art: Time, if we use ill-chosen stone, Soon brings a well-built palace down. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer "Wait until you get inside the gate, and then I do think you will say that my retreat is not ill-chosen," answered Isabella with a smile. East of the Shadows An awkward statement has an uncomfortable, and perhaps recoiling force; a statement that contains ill-assorted and incongruous material in ill-chosen language is clumsy. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Though what he says next is more intelligible, it is unfortunate and ill-chosen: "And who is Mrs. Nightingale?" Somehow Good Then he felt that his tone had been ill-chosen—a curfew of the day's discussions, a last will and testament of the one in hand. When Ghost Meets Ghost Many there be among the scribbling tribe who emulate a Waller's practice, and amble in his ill-chosen path; how few have the redeeming gift that was his so largely! The Buccaneer A Tale The work was in competent hands, but the time was ill-chosen on account of the political complications with negro suffrage, and failure was the result. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Though they there lost the day—a defeat due to the incapacity of an ill-chosen leader—they won glory eternal. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley The ill-chosen ambassador performed his mission by showing that, in Sir Francis's opinion, the whole passage would be sheer nonsense, unless 'Page' were inserted in the vacant place. A Book About Lawyers Adrian, who was now wholly devoted to his ill-chosen companions, had made some engagement he liked better with them, and would not go, and Claribel was confined at home by indisposition. The Flower Basket A Fairy Tale "You shall be avenged, my dear," he said solemnly, and before Mrs. Morley could recover from her surprise and denounce this ill-chosen moment for a visit, he wheeled round and disappeared. A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story The Duchess Johanna Elizabetha had worn these jewels, but they had somehow seemed to disappear in the awkward masses of her ill-chosen garments. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg The lowest of the people were taught to read and write, and the most ill-chosen and elementary book-knowledge was flung upon unploughed soil, unprepared for its reception. Three Things The very emphatic and somewhat vulgar expression of Mr Planner, was by no means ill-chosen to express the character of Augustus Theodore Brammel. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 But his resting place is ill-chosen, for presently half-a-dozen angry lords jump on the table, and he is driven forth once more. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Grumpy Weasel said in a few ill-chosen words that he hadn't caught Jimmy Rabbit at all, and that somebody had played a trick on him. The Tale of Grumpy Weasel Sleepy-Time Tales No guilt was proven upon him, but handsome pages were ill-chosen company for young women of blue blood. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate The spot selected at Port Phillip, was ill-chosen as the site of a town, and they found great difficulty in obtaining pure water. The History of Tasmania, Volume I Then quite suddenly, in 1759, the lazy, lounging, most eccentric, and ill-chosen clergyman enraptured London by the publication of the first two volumes of "Tristram Shandy." A History of the Four Georges, Volume II The first great is misplaced; the word utters is misused; the second great is ill-chosen. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. When Hoky persisted in his ill-chosen enterprise I felt a weariness upon me and lifted a little roadster that I've tucked away down here in a peaceful lane. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! "This is an ill-chosen time for jesting, Kate," said my aunt with a frown. Kate Coventry An Autobiography Every man will have his hours of seriousness; but, like the hours of rest, they often are ill-chosen and unwholesome. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection My words were ill-chosen, and there—there—I apologise.” Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris Inwardly he cursed his forgetfulness, because it was plain that the hour for his call upon the writer was ill-chosen. Doom Castle If the indignation is at times expressed in unnecessarily strong and ill-chosen terms, Norway has in truth no manner of right to complain. The Swedish-Norwegian Union Crisis A History with Documents "Young man, I forbid you to indulge in such ill-chosen jests." Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania Our offerings often are pitiful and ill-chosen, but He looks upon the heart and sees there that really we are trying to express our love despite our ill-chosen means of doing so. Herein is Love A Study of the Biblical Doctrine of Love in Its Bearing on Personality, Parenthood, Teaching, and All Other Human Relationships. It combined all the ugliness with all the discomfort of an unprosperous frontier settlement on an ill-chosen site. John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series Lord Melbourne fears that the epithets applied to Lord Howard, though very severe and full of resentment, are not entirely ill-chosen and inappropriate. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 His translations appear too much the offspring of haste and hunger: even his fables are ill-chosen tales, conveyed in an incorrect, though spirited versification. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. She was conscious of the ill-chosen word that still reverberated between them, and the unwonted sense of having blundered made her, for the moment, less completely mistress of herself. The Fruit of the Tree Even when people’s gifts were poorly motivated and ill-chosen, He was able to look behind them and see and understand the person who gave. Herein is Love A Study of the Biblical Doctrine of Love in Its Bearing on Personality, Parenthood, Teaching, and All Other Human Relationships. No time for such an expedition, a peaceful trade expedition, could have been more ill-chosen. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma Still laughing hoarsely, Mrs. Kebby, in the midst of her unholy joy, was pushed out of the door by Lucian, who immediately afterwards turned to see if Diana had overheard her ill-chosen and ominous words. The Silent House But that was not subtle, and he realized the flattery had been ill-chosen, even before Blue Jeans flared, which was almost instantaneously. Winner Take All It was opened in due season and with great caution by old Catherine, who evidently thought the hour ill-chosen for a newcomer, and mistrusted sorely the purpose of his visit. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I Christmas Tales from 'Round the World There were, however, so many difficulties to be encountered that I cannot but think that the subject was ill-chosen. Thackeray That individual was, as we have since found, the former husband of Shotaye, Say's ill-chosen friend. The Delight Makers All in all, nothing except the expression of Noble's face and the somewhat ill-chosen pansy in his buttonhole hinted of the remarkable. Gentle Julia The large man's flattery had been ill-chosen, yet well-founded. Winner Take All I cried, now thoroughly aroused at this ill-chosen trifling with time. Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France In his ill-chosen tourist clothes, untidy collar and badly arranged tie, he presented a contrast to his companion of which he seemed, in a way, bitterly conscious. Nobody's Man The untidy pretentiousness of her ill-chosen clothes, the unreality of her manner and carriage, the sheer vulgarity of her choice of words and phrases—these things seized him as a nightmare. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Such ages are commonly called great religious ages: nor is the name ill-chosen. Art But she had ill-chosen her travelling companion—the Countess was a lady whose impertinent curiosity was rarely baffled. My Little Lady As to plans—faith, the word was ill-chosen if I used it, for excepting the mode already outlined for attaining the deck, I have none. Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France In a short time names, for which there is no warrant in the Word of God, were applied to the Lord's Supper; and false doctrines were eventually deduced from these ill-chosen and unauthorised designations. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution We have both strong affections: both love the conversation of women; and neither of our hearts are depraved by ill-chosen connexions with the sex. The History of Emily Montague I wish, therefore, so much had not been said upon these ill-chosen, and worse than ill-chosen, these very invidious topics. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Many will remember the spot where this picquet was posted as the most ill-chosen, inconvenient, and hard platform for a bed on a rainy night. The Record of a Regiment of the Line Being a Regimental History of the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment during the Boer War 1899-1902 Nowhere can one find in what he has written a careless or slovenly expression, an awkward phrase, or an ill-chosen word. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 I confess freely that this evil sometimes happens from an overdone precaution; but it is when the measures are rash, ill-chosen, or ill-combined, and the effects rather of blind terror than of enlightened foresight. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) Also, it was clearly read in his unusually mild eyes that Helen, in her excitement with her ill-chosen words, had hurt him. The Desert Valley Afterwards, thought this subject was somewhat ill-chosen, as her salary is so small. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 15, 1892 The oracle of Appius and the witchcraft of Erictho, will somewhat atone for him, who was, indeed, bound up by an ill-chosen and known argument, to follow truth with great exactness. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 I have always thought employments a very proper subject of regulation, but a very ill-chosen subject for a tax. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) As a bait for securing a client these examples of what the American press was saying of Morton Bassett were decidedly ill-chosen. A Hoosier Chronicle Seeing how important are the support duties of such a force, the term "Covering squadron" may seem ill-chosen to describe it. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy It seemed, in fact, that the time was ill-chosen for transferring the Sisters to a town in arms against the Catholics, across a country infested by bands of armed Protestants. The Cathedral If, as you say, it was merely a little sport, then the sport was ill-chosen and ill-timed. The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi So it may be assumed that her tears were not all occasioned by grief for the contemplated loss of her ill-chosen mate. The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate Even the Sunday edition, long a forbidding and depressing hodge-podge of ill-chosen and ill-digested rubbish, began to show order and intelligence. A Hoosier Chronicle He had loved, learned, and fought; and in every case his object had been ill-chosen, his energies ill-bestowed. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) They had one ill-chosen landing still vivid in their memory, and Johnny carried a long, white scar along the side of his head and a tenderness of the scalp to assist him in remembering. The Thunder Bird For had she not described in those few ill-chosen words the very mental position of the former Valentine? Flames I perceived that what I had said was an ill-chosen thing. Tales of Wonder Neutrals of course chafed under these exactions; but the year 1761 was ill-chosen for an armed protest, and of all powers Spain risked most by a war. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 But is not this to admit that the hill is too steep, that there is too much dead pull, and that the materials are ill-chosen for practice in habits of rapid intelligent reading? What the Schools Teach and Might Teach Reformers are apt to be pelted with epithets quite as ill-chosen. Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays A second illustration of an ill-chosen combination might be taken in the case of a duck farmer who attempts to produce broilers. The Dollar Hen In form it seemed perfect—not a superfluous or an ill-chosen word. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment Then Mr. Bartley glanced at Bolton in the lobby, and not satisfied with speaking under his breath, drew this ill-chosen confidant to the other end of the office. A Perilous Secret But the moment was ill-chosen, and we were both silent, being much preoccupied with the immediate future. A Roman Singer I think he took me for a lunatic; in fact, he hinted as much in coarse, ill-chosen terms. The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta She looked around her on the sordid walls, the vulgar ornaments upon the mantel-piece, the wretched ill-chosen books; then listened to the splash of the rain in the unpaved street. Bred in the Bone The verb avoid is certainly very ill-chosen; because it implies intelligent agency, and not that which is merely instrumental. The Grammar of English Grammars The time was ill-chosen; Mabel had caught scarlet fever at a day-school she was attending, and for some days was dangerously ill. Autobiographical Sketches There is not a hair's-breadth space between any two of his words, nor is there a single expression either ill-chosen or out of its place. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits From the first this attempt was unfortunate, perhaps because the place for descent was ill-chosen. The War in the Air After supper my uncle, in a few ill-chosen words, prayed me to repent before I slept. Tono Bungay Klein had hailed the praam from the rifle-pits; he had there uttered ill-chosen words, unhappily prophetic; it is even likely that he was present at the time of the first fire. A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa No," he would have said, if he could have anticipated this most ill-chosen, however well-intentioned, tribute, "spare me this terrible irony. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume I (of II) But Wrench had a wretched lymphatic wife who made a mummy of herself indoors in a large shawl; and he must have altogether begun with an ill-chosen domestic apparatus. Middlemarch When Edward II. ascended the throne, he recalled his profligate companion Piers Gaveston, and besides creating him Baron of Wallingford and Earl of Cornwall, he presented this ill-chosen favourite with the great Seigniory of Holderness. Yorkshire It was an ill-chosen hour and place, for I could have served him as Wallace did Fawden—thrown him down and twisted his head off. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 And as he only looks down at her, taking no advantage of the reluctant permission, she falters out the ill-chosen words, "Don't you know how grateful I am to you?" The End of Her Honeymoon The adjective is not ill-chosen, from what I hear. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking "I think the subject of our conversation is very ill-chosen," said Sir James, with a look of disgust. Middlemarch His husky tones and ill-chosen words were as the voice of an angel, and our eager minds filled in the details and supplied all that was wanting in his narratives. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 It was a good, old-fashioned, hot, heavy summer afternoon, one ill-chosen for love-making. The Elect Lady The novelists assailed his ill-chosen adjectives and demolished them with a storm of denunciation and ridicule. Roughing It, Part 6. She showed Mr. Snaffle Mr. Irons's note, calling his attention particularly to the ill-chosen word "all" which seemed to her to afford the means of unloading indefinitely at the expense of the absent financier. The Philistines He has stopped—perhaps he thinks the time ill-chosen.—But that can't be it—he who could write such terrible letters,—and always on that blue paper! Plays: Comrades; Facing Death; Pariah; Easter Thiers, who desired a war with Prussia "at the proper time," has left on record his judgment that the hour then selected was "detestably ill-chosen." Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 The awkward and ill-chosen title offended me, as it offends me still, and Gaultier had then scarcely attained the full personal charm of his grave, subdued, and reticent style. Impressions and Comments He saw himself in too large, ill-chosen clothes, the butt of his playfellows. The Nest Builder She had blushed during that scene in the kitchen; yes, indeed, but that was a sudden and natural indignation at her husband's ill-chosen words, nothing more. Wanderers One can scarcely suppose zeal so strangely perverted as to begin by betrayal, and if the object was to make our Lord speak out His claims, the means adopted were singularly ill-chosen. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII Because of thine ill-chosen part My fortune's firm set rivets start. Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses He was not a sodden imbecile, but he was ill-chosen for his office. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 They had ill-chosen the occasion, knowing nothing of the hours of the tide, and so returned against it. A March on London It assumes a particularly bad mother and a particularly ill-chosen nurse, and what is probably only a transitory phase of sexual debasement. Mankind in the Making That word was perhaps ill-chosen, and he is willing to say so--but I doubt it. Lady John Russell Even as a metaphor, emanation is an ill-chosen term; for it applies only to fluids. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. Connivance was an ambiguous and therefore an ill-chosen word. The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8 The word image is somewhat ill-chosen; for it usually signifies something connected with the eye, and implies that the stuff of mental images is entirely visual. How to Use Your Mind A Psychology of Study: Being a Manual for the Use of Students and Teachers in the Administration of Supervised Study His thoughts were forcible and vivid; but the words in which he clothed them, are sometimes ill-chosen, and sometimes awkwardly disposed. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives For the accomplishment of this purpose Mr. Leigh Hunt was a singularly ill-chosen associate. Byron But the colonel comprehended, at the first glimpse of his sister, that the opportunity would be ill-chosen. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations It must be said at once that the term 'theory' is ill-chosen. Judaism And, to tell you the truth, while there is no learned man present to be angry with us, it is a very ill-chosen name, because it is venous blood which flows in this so-called artery. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Proctor was forced the following day to fight at a disadvantage, on ill-chosen ground. Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812 Elections are frequent, so that ill-chosen officials may not long abuse their position. Problems in American Democracy She thus proved to him that he had spoken much too soon—that she was not ready for his ill-chosen, passionate words, which had wounded instead of firing her heart as he intended they should. Nature's Serial Story Whereas, let the execution be perfect, if the details given be ill-chosen in respect of relative importance the whole effect is lost - it becomes top-heavy, as it were, and collapses. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler The want of experience, of advice, and of occupation, soon betrayed me into some improprieties of conduct, ill-chosen company, late hours, and inconsiderate expense. Memoirs of My Life and Writings The accident had happened in an ill-chosen neighborhood: one of those crowded slum quarters, swarming with Mexicans and Italians and other foreigners. They Call Me Carpenter Indeed the place was ill-chosen for so great an army, nor could it have held them all, had not the camping ground been a full league in length, and even so they were crowded. The Ancient Allan He watched him through half-closed eyes—an insignificant-looking little man whose clothes, though neat, were ill-chosen, and whose tie was an offense. The Evil Shepherd Nothing had changed her mood since his uncle paid his ill-chosen visit. Winding Paths Some ill-chosen confidant might betray the find to us. Guns of the Gods A spark might spring the open and overcharged mine into the air; an ill-chosen or misunderstood expression, a thoughtless act, might bring about an explosion. The Story of My Life — Complete If your teaching was really ill-chosen there is no harm in dropping it altogether; if it was not, with a little care you will soon find an opportunity of making its use apparent to him. Emile Fortunately, in this case, the messenger was ill-chosen. The Clique of Gold The words were simple enough, and were not ill-chosen, but the poor young man never got them spoken. The Small House at Allington "That is playing with words, and on a subject ill-chosen for it." The Emancipated On reflection this seemed rather an ill-chosen phrase; he bettered it. Demos I know very well that I speak the dialect of the peasants, and that my words are ill-chosen. Jeanne of the Marshes His words were ill-chosen, and defeated his prudent intentions. The Honor of the Name But the moment was ill-chosen, and at the first words he uttered on the subject, he was growled into silence by his sire. The Sea-Hawk Secondly, the transparent glass prison seems to me ill-chosen. The Mason-Bees On a raw Wednesday morning, in a few ill-chosen words, she told the cook that she drank. Reginald The time was ill-chosen, but I suspect, hating the Bourgeois as she does, Ang�lique intended to call me from Pierre's f�te. The Golden Dog A year or two later, with five hundred ships of the gold-seekers anchored off the cove, not all the men and money in the country could have moved the town from its ill-chosen location. Some Cities and San Francisco, and Resurgam The word was ill-chosen; Jed seldom laughed, but he had smiled slightly and the captain noticed it. Shavings It occurs to me now, looking back, that the neighbourhoods of Covent Garden and Great Marlborough Street were ill-chosen for sport of this nature. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow "In the first place, that was not complimentary; and in any case the moment was ill-chosen with a man on whom my maternal anxiety had just imposed a disagreeable service." The Deputy of Arcis Either he regretted the extent of his confidences or the slight irrational irritation that he felt at waiting for his car affected his attitude towards his companion, or Dr. Martineau's tentatives were ill-chosen. Secret Places of the Heart He took an easychair, uninvited; placed himself close at his aunt's side, and ran his eye over her ill-chosen dress with an air of satirical admiration. My Lady's Money Jane's friendly but ill-chosen "ANYWAY" had touched doubts already annoying him. Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William But the word is ill-chosen, and indicates a misconception. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft But they went ahead without making any complaints whatever or rasping oneanother's tempers with ill-chosen remarks; and for that Luck's eyes brightened with appreciation. The Heritage of the Sioux "And you will probably find your theme ill-chosen." The Count of Monte Cristo The solicitous warning of one passing inwards and the complication occasioned by his ill-chosen words. The Mirror of Kong Ho Even what she read and said seemed to us to be ill-chosen for such auditors, if it had been imparted ever so modestly and with ever so much tact. Bleak House |
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