| 单词 | immodest |
| 例句 | At the risk of sounding immodest, I got game. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z But I would not seem greedy or immodest, so I turned aside my face. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I donned my best gown and a high-necked bodice, not daring to appear immodest I dressed my hair, tucking it beneath a silk coif embroidered with flowers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I took them off immediately, feeling that somehow they were immodest. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They dropped, only to rise again at once from the sight of her slip-clad form and her immodest blue skin. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z My firm belief, immodest as this might sound, was that Mr. Grady wanted to welcome me to the school. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Two days later, Singleton sat down in a windowless room in Brigham City, his immodest investigator’s surroundings, put one of the discs into the computer, and discovered what looked like nonsense. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z There was something immodest about her modesty: it announced itself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z We call this land of ours Great Britain, and there may be those who believe this a somewhat immodest practice. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z So immodest was her garb that the white knight seemed uncomfortable looking at her, but Hotah approved. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It seemed immodest to let a strange man into our bedchamber, but Grandfather and Eliza showed him in to see the patient. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They weren’t, not technically, but I knew why I wanted them—for my body, so it would be noticed—and that seemed immodest even if the clothes were not. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Her eyes go wide, her hands flutter over her heart, as though the wound is immodest and she needs to cover it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Mother listened for a moment, chewing her lip, then threw her hands in the air and said that she’d had no idea the costume would be so immodest. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I avoid looking down at my body, not so much because it’s shameful or immodest but because I don’t want to see it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The costumes are declared immodest, even before their hemlines are set. A Cinderella Story with an Immigrant Twist 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Nothing seemed immodest about this, since Mr. Levine enthusiastically led the applause for this frequent collaborator, and no one seemed eager to depart. Review: Met Opera Orchestra Strikes an Emotional Note 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z “At the expense of sounding immodest,” she said, the book is “really about the work I’ve done already that’s had national impact, and what I hope to come from it.” With a Possible Presidential Bid in 2020, Kamala Harris Talks About Her New Book 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Is she too forceful, too sultry, too broad, too personal, too hot, too immodest? Sara Mearns, in Her Prime at City Ballet, Inspires Debate and Awe 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z “There’s no need to put something so immodest and ugly in such an historic spot,” said Paola Pellizzari, 68, owner of a Venetian art store. Paris residents peeved at very public eco-friendly urinals 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Later formulations, as Stuart fairly notes, were more immodest. What police are doing right (and wrong) with the homeless in downtown L.A. 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z “Carsick” functions partly as a close examination of modest fame at work in immodest America. ‘Carsick,’ a Hitchhiking Memoir by John Waters 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Does Michael Stipe say anything immodest in the liner notes? Annotated For the People: A Track By Track Look at the New R.E.M. Retrospective 2011-11-15T10:00:27Z Red Light The spirit of playfulness that defines Michael’s is also present at Red Light, a modest restaurant of immodest pleasures. 2009-12-31T18:01:00Z Does Michael Stipe say anything immodest in the liner notes? Annotated For the People: A Track By Track Look at the New R.E.M. Retrospective 2011-11-15T10:00:27Z But much of that adventurousness has been lost with the trend of so-called “clean cinema,” emphasizing themes deemed family appropriate with no physical intimacy or immodest attire, he added. First Arabic Netflix film tackles taboos, sparks controversy 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z And Mahaney encourages his followers to confront girls and women in their congregations whose clothing they find immodest. Evangelical church accused of ignoring sexual abuse, “pedophilia ring” 2013-03-12T16:17:00Z She combined “Last Name,” a humblebrag about a night of immodest barroom behavior, with “Somethin’ Bad,” a Lambert tune chronicling a distaff gang’s crime spree. Carrie Underwood: At the top of her game and loving it 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Not being immodest, but I kind of set the direction for the band in the first place and it’s just been the most important thing in my life and I’ve taken it very seriously. Foreigner’s Mick Jones on the Band’s Next Soundtrack Appearance 2012-08-23T15:30:18Z His voice trails off; he looks torn between sounding immodest and telling the truth, which, as he sees it, is that talent comes from God anyway, so don't go patting him on the back. Michael Jackson: 'Magic is easy if you put your heart into it' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-11-20T12:40:54Z When asked about the show's long life, director Des McAnuff said "it would have been completely immodest of me to predict that when we opened. I wouldn't have believed you, quite frankly." 'Jersey Boys' has been a windfall for all involved 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z I love snow with a passion that is nearly unbridled and certainly immodest. Snowmaking is the most dangerous part of skiing 2013-02-23T13:00:00Z Which leads me to the Berluti presentation at the Natural History Museum, a decidedly immodest event that featured a parade of taxidermy and still lifes of sumptuous clothing. Fashion Review: Small Gestures, Big Statements: The Men’s Collections in Paris — Fashion Review 2013-01-23T22:29:42Z If Mr. Battles’s works are modest in size, they are immodest in manner. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center 2012-12-12T22:56:42Z He recalled arguments with an immodest William Faulkner over freeing Ezra Pound, whose poetry he loved despite his “madness and his fascism.” Review | Donald Hall’s parting gift: Essays on aging and not always gracefully 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z One area, Mea Shearim, was festooned with signs warning visitors, in English and Hebrew, “Please do not pass through our neighborhood in immodest clothes.” Lost in Jerusalem 2012-01-13T15:42:55Z According to guidelines on dress and grooming on the church’s official Web site, Mormons are discouraged from wearing immodest clothing, including “short shorts and skirts,” “tight clothing” and “shirts that do not cover the stomach.” Young Mormons Find Ways to Be Hip 2011-10-26T20:31:24Z The author, playwright, politician and commentator whose vast and sharpened range of published works and public remarks were stamped by his immodest wit and unconventional wisdom, died Tuesday at age 86 in Los Angeles. Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies 2012-08-01T17:33:11Z Meanwhile, in Denver, a much smaller but in some ways no less immodest institution, the Clyfford Still Museum, will open on Nov. 18. The New Season: New Museums: Crystal Bridges Among Anticipated Openings 2011-09-18T04:00:09Z Does Michael Stipe say anything immodest in the liner notes? Annotated For the People: A Track By Track Look at the New R.E.M. Retrospective 2011-11-15T10:00:27Z “Without sounding immodest” — he chuckled — “it’s actually rather good.” ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ at 50: What Was the Buzz? 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z “City of Life and Death” isn’t cathartic: it offers no uplifting moments, just the immodest balm of art. | 'City of Life and Death': A Tale of Nanjing Atrocities That Spares No Brutal Detail 2011-05-10T22:03:01Z Still, the modest charms of “Lucky Guy” ultimately prove difficult to resist, thanks almost entirely to the supremely immodest duo at its spangled center. | 'Lucky Guy': When ?Boy Meets Girl? Plays Second Fiddle 2011-05-20T02:01:04Z The immodest middle section celebrates their grandson, Charles V, who commissioned this facade and decorated it with the complex coat of arms of the mighty Habsburg Empire. Academic adventures: Visiting Europe’s top university sights 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Women who did wear athletic garb were supposed to keep out of the public eye because it was deemed unfeminine and, yes, immodest. Serena Williams’ catsuit controversy evokes the battle over women wearing shorts 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Sportswear, which can be both informal and immodest, has served as a flashpoint in these debates — particularly for women. Serena Williams’ catsuit controversy evokes the battle over women wearing shorts 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Coming from a more immodest person, that might sound like pure Midwestern corn pone. | Nick Cave 2012-10-05T19:47:57Z Does Michael Stipe say anything immodest in the liner notes? Annotated For the People: A Track By Track Look at the New R.E.M. Retrospective 2011-11-15T10:00:27Z Allow me to be immodest: I would like to write the best thing about Brooklyn since William Styron’s “Sophie’s Choice” and a campus novel to rival Donna Tartt’s “The Secret History.” Keith Gessen, Nathaniel Rich: I’m sorry I trashed your novels 2013-03-04T01:00:00Z One of three wide releases set to hit domestic multiplexes Friday, "Secretariat" totes relatively modest production costs and the grossly immodest marketing costs typical of any major studio release. "Life" a favorite to top weekend box office 2010-10-08T02:13:00Z People who know her well say she is disinclined to analyze her success; it might seem immodest. Television: Facing Age With a Saucy Wink 2011-04-28T18:29:14Z Does Michael Stipe say anything immodest in the liner notes? Annotated For the People: A Track By Track Look at the New R.E.M. Retrospective 2011-11-15T10:00:27Z Does Michael Stipe say anything immodest in the liner notes? Annotated For the People: A Track By Track Look at the New R.E.M. Retrospective 2011-11-15T10:00:27Z Lives weren’t on the line in the making of the film, and nothing in it suggests any sort of immodest or vainglorious comparison of a film crew to heroic and epochal activists. The Crucial Lessons of Democracy in “Selma” 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z The immodest effect was supposed to recall the military nudity of classical marble statues. Beau Brummell: friends without benefits 2012-10-05T13:12:00Z Only a composer could write with this authority, and an immodest one at that. ‘Virgil Thomson: The State of Music & Other Writings’ Paints a Troubling Portrait 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z He was not an immodest man, but he knew what he had to do. Art Review: ‘John Rogers: American Stories’ at New-York Historical Society 2012-11-08T22:14:24Z Mr. Collinson puts an appealingly modest face on his wildly immodest project. Re-enacting Historical Events on Twitter With RealTimeWWII 2011-11-27T20:53:31Z He asks: “Would it be immodest to claim that this book gives a glimpse of a not unrepresentative way of being a late-20th-century-early-21st century man of letters?” Books of The Times: Inducements to Filthiness and Other Paradoxes 2011-03-22T11:00:00Z What you’ll find is a surplus of luxury, an immodest amount of umami goodness somewhat counterbalanced by a star anise sweetness. Review | At this Maryland restaurant, hand-pulled noodles are the star attraction 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z So great wines shifted from modest luxuries to immodest ones. Finding inspiration in wine that’s merely ‘interesting’ 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z It was called The Greatest, which was both slightly immodest and a pretty accurate representation of their commercial standing. Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees: 'I want to keep the music alive' 2013-07-18T18:30:00Z Some ultra-Orthodox consider images of women to be immodest, and haredi media often erase the images of women from news photos. Flashpoint in Israel: Divide between religious and secular Jews heats up under Netanyahu’s rule 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z He converted to Islam in 2020 and, at first, his behaviour improved, but in 2021 he began criticising his sisters' clothing as immodest. Islamist terror plot teen will serve at least six years 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z He said King converted to Islam in 2020 and, at first, his behaviour improved, but in 2021 he began criticising his sisters' clothing as immodest and attended mosques wearing combat clothing. Teen's terror plot against police and soldiers thwarted by mother 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z He spoke inside an upscale shopping mall where the bright blond hair, pale skin and often immodest dress of the Russian shoppers stood out. Moscow on the Med: A Faraway War Transforms a Turkish Resort Town 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z They began their patrols in 2006 to enforce the dress code which also requires women to wear long clothes and forbids shorts, ripped jeans and other clothes deemed immodest. Iran to disband morality police amid ongoing protests, says attorney general 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Van Gaal will never be burdened by modesty about his achievements in the game but he has a lot to be immodest about. 'Van Gaal counters critics as Dutch reach quarters' 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z Iranian authorities have said that Ms Amini had been wearing immodest clothes at the time of her arrest. Iran: Mahsa Amini's father accuses authorities of a cover-up 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Thankfully, it went for six seasons, and I don’t think it’s immodest of me to say that. Daniel Dae Kim doesn’t want to be 'the diversity police.' But speaking up is personal 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Liberty students pledge to avoid alcohol, immodest behavior and sex outside of heterosexual marriage. Liberty University Sues Jerry Falwell Jr., Alleging Deception 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z She has criticised human rights activists for not showing national pride, feminists for going too far in their demands, politicians for being immodest. How western travel influencers got tangled up in Pakistan's politics 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump was as he is: relentless, immodest, never bashful about cutting in. Of Course, the Debate Was Always Going to Be About Trump 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z I think that photo was just — it was fun and not immodest. Candace Cameron Bure on her ‘Full House’ legacy, being religious in Hollywood and that ‘PDA’ photo 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z As you make your way back to Seattle, stop by Snow Goose Produce, which offers “immodest” ice cream cones. Discover Washington: A romantic weekend on Whidbey Island | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z My writing is very timid, while I’m writing, but when it decides to become a book it gets ambitious, it’s immodest. Elena Ferrante: ‘We don’t have to fear change, what is other shouldn’t frighten us' 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z The photo showed Ritchie riding a bike in Peshawar, a city in north-western Pakistan where, as elsewhere in the country, women are normally forbidden from cycling because it is seen as immodest. How western travel influencers got tangled up in Pakistan's politics 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Tall, thin and 87, Bishop lives north of Bozeman with his wife, Dorothy, in a modest house with an immodest view. Wolves’ return to Yellowstone recalled on 25th anniversary 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z Tall, thin and 87, Bishop lives north of Bozeman with his wife, Dorothy, in a modest house with an immodest view. Wolves’ return to Yellowstone recalled on 25th anniversary 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z She couldn’t be sexual, watch movies with her family on the Sabbath or even be her sister’s bridesmaid — because the bridesmaid dress was “immodest” by Mormon standards. Addie Andrews opens up about leaving Mormon church for porn 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Hsu’s immodest goal: “to create a national university with an international reputation.” Opinion | The Old South gets a new college president 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z I don’t want to sound immodest, but you have to put me up there on the list of good black players. My Shot: Lee Elder - Golf Digest 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z But this fearlessness also won her enemies and put her in danger in a country that struggles with what it regards as immodest or "badly behaved" women. Parents fail to free sons over daughter's murder 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Montez was sentenced in November 2007 on two counts of immodest, immoral or indecent liberties with a child and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance. Wyoming prison inmate dies after lengthy illness 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Macron’s book project is a curio, but it typifies his intellectual décor, his taste for the solitary authorship of immodest fates. Can Emmanuel Macron Stem the Populist Tide? 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z The Powerbeats Pro are, in my immodest opinion, the best true wireless earphones yet. Powerbeats Pro teardown shows commonalities with AirPods and Galaxy Buds 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z He was a modest man—preferring life with his wife and their daughter in the Catalan town of Mont-roig—given to immodest pronouncements, in the era’s fashion of avant-garde manifestos. Joan Miró’s Modernism for Everybody 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z The suggested policy also recommends that school officials “accommodate student requests not to wear certain gym clothes and/or uniforms that students regard, on a religious basis, as immodest.” Group urges schools to update anti-bullying policies 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The remarks demonstrate Khamenei’s attempt to leverage the power of the #MeToo movement to criticize “immodest” attire that women in Western societies wear, while praising Islam as the solution. Iran cracks down on women's rights activists as leader offers his solution to sexual harassment, assault: Cover up - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Church staff seemed more focused on continuing to describe the incident as “immodest” and questioning whether she planned to sue than addressing the issue, she said. Michigan pastor apologizes over breastfeeding incident 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Here’s an immodest proposal for 10 acts whose legacies have the heft, resonance and flair to earn the stage: Here we go again: which jukebox musical should be next? 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z There is something immodest about sticking one’s neck out and demanding attention to one’s ideas. Fifty Years Later, Andrei Sakharov’s Seminal Essay Is a Powerful Model of Writing for Social Change 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z And if the result is a muscular, immodest conservative majority, the center will not hold. Opinion | The Supreme Court will now fall to chaos 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z "A wave of men suddenly jumped into my mentions saying I was vulgar and immodest. It immediately then became a gender issue," said Fern. 'It's Dr, not Ms,' insists historian 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z His immodest goals include trying to prevent and treat, or at least to better understand, ALS and Alzheimer’s. Devastated by ALS, trying to save others 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Avenatti later set up his own firm and racked up more than $1bn worth of verdicts, according to his unabashedly immodest website. 'A legitimate threat': Michael Avenatti on his quest to take down a president 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Jenkins was serving the first to two seven to 10 year consecutive sentences on convictions of knowingly taking immodest, immoral or indecent acts with a minor. Wyoming inmate dies after long illness 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Red feathers spill extravagantly from her wide-brimmed hat, immodest bracelets encircle her wrist and, in case she was still a little short on flamboyance, a red rose nestles in her bosom. Christmas in a Vase: A Bouquet How-To 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Not to sound immodest, but I’m proud of my illustrious career. Chip Z’Nuff of Enuff Z’nuff takes over on lead vocals 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z That means resisting jubilant forecasts that allow modest gains a year from November to be spun as an immodest comeuppance. Opinion | Democrats, Please Get Ready to Lose 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z “It would not be immodest or wrong to say that Serbia is China’s main partner in Europe,” Serbia’s minister for construction, transportation and infrastructure, Zorana Mihajlovic, declared about Mr. Xi’s overtures. As China Moves In, Serbia Reaps Benefits (With Strings Attached) 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z The woman, whose name was not given, was detained by police in the capital, Riyadh, for wearing “immodest clothes” that contradicted the country’s conservative Islamic dress code, state media reported Tuesday. Saudi woman in miniskirt video arrested after public outcry 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia’s state-run TV reported Tuesday that police in the capital, Riyadh, arrested the woman for wearing “immodest clothes” and referred her case to the country’s public prosecutor. Saudi woman in miniskirt video arrested after public outcry 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z It would be immodest, even overtly Trumpian, to boast about the huge circulation gains at the not-failing New York Times, or the robust support for our competitors. Thank Trump for an unexpected renaissance 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z While she says she only publishes photos with her clients' permission, for some religious Jews the exposure is viewed as immodest and inappropriate. Lifting the covers on boudoir in the Holy Land - BBC News 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Mailer, an immodest fighter himself, would have probably loved McGregor’s brash magnetism, plus the fact that he’s backed it up with his fists. Conor McGregor Runs New York (For a Night) 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z The base is simple: dried chiles and a few nuts and spices, fried in an immodest amount of oil, then blended together. Love salsa? Where to find the rare, delicious salsa de aceite 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The rebels were defeated, but leading clerics agreed to back the government only after assurances of support for a crackdown on immodest ways in the kingdom and a more aggressive export of Wahhabism abroad. Saudis and Extremism: ‘Both the Arsonists and the Firefighters’ 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Of all the immodest things I secretly believe about myself, the most improbable one is that I am actually a super-taster. Novelist Jade Chang On The Pros And Cons Of Googling While Drinking Cachaça 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Her ministry said Sunday that it was now acting to respect the sensibilities of those who might be offended by immodest attire at shows financed by the state. Israel Joins Bikini Fray, Ordering Concert Singer to Cover Up 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z At the time, Italy prohibited the revealing bathing suit; it was too immodest to be worn in public. From Bikinis to Burkinis, Regulating What Women Wear 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z My brother Saif says people get really angry at women who look immodest. Hajj Prep: Search Soul, Buy Sturdy Shoes, Pay the Dentist 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Valls said the swimwear represents a "provocation" and an "archaic vision" that women are "immodest, impure and that they should therefore be totally covered." French prime minister backs local burkini bans, urges calm 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z The company hopes to sell 500,000 units a year by 2018—an immodest target given delays faced by its last new model and disappointing deliveries so far this year. A Double Dose of Risk for Tesla in SolarCity Deal 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z In those days, Schwartz recalls, Trump was generally affable with reporters, offering short, amusingly immodest quotes on demand. Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter Tells All 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Would the other women judge her immodest — a bad Muslim? One of the San Bernardino shooters studied at a women's Islamic school in Pakistan. Here's what it's like to attend one. 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z "The immodest, demonstrative behaviour linked to the short-term rentals from a luxury car company sparked justified indignation among citizens and strong condemnation from the community of military security bodies." Russia's FSB punishes graduates for flashy celebration - BBC News 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z That has left them with Donald Trump, whose immodest love of money, nasty personality and questionable moral history seem antithetical to Christian values. Editorials from around New England 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z "It's only when you do a show that the singer comes alive. "It's an integral part of any concert to have someone in the spotlight - the humble entertainer, the immodest troubadour. ABC's Martin Fry 'beyond risk' on the sequel to Lexicon Of Love - BBC News 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z The force is known for shutting down private mixed-sex events, upbraiding women for immodest dress and raiding businesses seen as being in breach of Sharia. Who are Islamic 'morality police'? - BBC News 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z That could mean, he said, editing on his part that would expunge scenes that could be deemed immodest - even a kiss. Gaza audiences enjoy first night out at the movies in 20 years 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z What the audience saw on TV altered their perception of the mogul they had known as an immodest dealmaker who built glitzy towers, married beautiful women and slapped his name on jets and yachts. Donald Trump, remade by reality TV 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z This immodest undertaking would be set in a bosky area on the promontory that is protected as a nature reserve. The World’s Most Luxurious Fashion Show 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Ferragamo, who grew up poor, moved his family to the U.S. and made sandals at a time when it was considered immodest to display the foot. Ferragamo Designs Local Items for New Stores 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Many men joining in accused female smokers of being immodest and immoral. Who thinks less of women who smoke? - BBC News 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Hollywood blockbusters have yet to return and Hamas Islamists, who now rule Gaza, are looking out for anything they consider immodest. Gaza audiences enjoy first night out at the movies in 20 years 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z In the context, I view the 40 new missiles as a very measured message—and of little consequence in themselves—in reply to the immodest lunge into frontline nations Carter disclosed in Estonia this week. We restarted the Cold War: The real story about the NATO buildup that the New York Times won’t tell you 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z “At the risk of being immodest, I probably lent some credibility to his campaign early on,” Mr. Grebe, 74, said in a recent interview. Behind Scott Walker, a Longstanding Conservative Alliance Against Unions 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z But female bike riding is almost unheard of - many conservative Yemenis believe it's immodest or shows off too much of a woman's body. Why some people are blaming war for... women on bikes - BBC News 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z A. The biggest one—it’s a little immodest to say—was his recognition of talent. Barney Frank on how to be likable and intimidating, at the same time 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z “While I make no immodest presumption that I can begin to match the Medicis, I want to do what I can.” LACMA’s 50 years on Miracle Mile 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z In 2013, the United Nations canceled a planned Gaza marathon because the territory’s Hamas rulers would not let women participate, saying it was immodest. In Four Loops, Marathon Conveys Palestinian Constraints 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z But patriarchal attitudes remain ingrained, and so-called “honour killings” of women deemed immodest by family members are especially high among Kurds. Scoring the equaliser 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z If that sounds immodest, consider how Riley wooed James to Miami during the summer of 2010: he dumped his championship rings in triplicate — gold, silver and platinum, to match whatever he wears — on the table. Fate and Frailty May Test Miami Heat’s Front-Office Wizardry 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z This habit of rhetorical modesty has lately been complicated by an immodest business truth: more than ever, Ive is the company. Jonathan Ive and the Future of Apple 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z But $15 would be a very immodest indeed rise in that minimum wage. Why A $15 An Hour Minimum Wage Just Won't Work In The US 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z The ban was explained as a way to avoid “potentially immodest physical contact,” according to a memo announcing the decision. Girl lobbies again for co-ed youth football 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Visitors to the religious neighborhood of Mea Shaarim are greeted with signs saying: "Please do not pass through our neighborhood in immodest clothes." Israel paper cuts Merkel, other female leaders from Paris march photo 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Whitlam was notoriously immodest about his term as prime minister and about what awaited him as he grew older. Gough Whitlam, Australian prime minister who proved transformative, dies at 98 I’ve seen a lot of breweries, craft beer bars and high-concept restaurants catering to beer lovers, but Stone’s immodest outpost is perhaps the most impressive. Stone Brewing's San Diego outpost lives up to the hype 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z First, a top Turkish official last month reproached women for laughing in public, deeming such expressions immodest and a sign of the country's moral erosion. Saudi survey: 'Flirtatious' women to blame for sexual harassment 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Students are bound by a community covenant, which dictates taking “care to avoid any entertainment or behavior, on or off campus, which may be immodest, sinfully erotic, or harmfully violent.” Meet the Wheaton College feminists 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z In Jerusalem, ultra-Orthodox vandals frequently deface buses and billboards bearing advertising deemed immodest. Israel paper cuts Merkel, other female leaders from Paris march photo 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Signs warned against sandals and immodest dress, but there were too many people for the authorities to police any kind of dress code. China Poised For Global Leadership? Time To Bury Mao Zedong, The Greatest Mass Murderer In History 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z "I hear my influence all over the place," he declares, refreshingly immodest. Hall & Oates: 'I hated being a Daryl doll' 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z It’s nothing like the early days of the revolution when neighborhood vigilantes would torment those they deemed immodest under a selective interpretation of the Islamic principle of “commanding the good and forbidding the evil.” Iran's morality police: patrolling the streets by stealth 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z With immodest pride Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce powerhouse announced that shortly they would launch 11Main.com. Why Alibaba's 11Main.com Threatens the Status Quo of US E-commerce 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z We belonged to the Western world, which to them was inscrutable and immodest and ruled over by Satan. Twelve Minutes of Freedom in 460 Days of Captivity 2013-08-28T18:07:36Z Frack Is the New Crack Having grown to immodest size, the “trends” in the project’s title were no longer faintly enough. National Intelligence Council: U.S. is a “global security provider” 2013-01-03T15:32:00Z At the risk of being immodest, the result was excellent. Need to Give a Speech? Don't Forget to Do This 2012-10-15T14:39:00Z At the risk of being immodest: We pretty much nailed it. Our Medal Projections Stick the Landing 2012-08-13T01:37:14Z For one thing, athletic clothing is considered immodest. The Rebellion Behind the Veil 2012-07-30T05:00:00Z Conservative Muslim clerics in Saudi Arabia oppose women's sport, arguing that it is immodest and goes against their nature. Saudi women's Olympic march draws praise, blame 2012-07-28T15:27:07Z There has always been this game between the public and the brand, which has become a point of reference in France, if we can be so immodest.” New French Ads Poke Fun at the British Olympian 2012-06-13T15:21:53Z What is divine and natural to be and to do cannot be immodest and obscene. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z To whatever dwelling I may be called, I shall cross its threshold with the sole view of succouring the sick, abstaining from all injurious views and corruption, especially from any immodest action. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z “It’s probably immodest to praise my own brother, but I can say that he is a highly intellectual person,” she said then. Special Report: The Female Factor: Russian Billionaire's Presidential Bid Makes His Sister a Star 2012-03-06T18:45:40Z I wanted to see for myself, but I never, at that time, succeeded in finding an edition immodest enough to contain it. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z She found it embarrassing at first, almost as if it were immodest. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z It is extremely immodest and indecent of maidens to give themselves away unasked. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z I know that in many books besides the Bible, there are immodest lines. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z They preach the gospel of pretence and pantalettes, In the presence of sincerity, of truth, they cast down their eyes and endeavor to feel immodest. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z Closely embracing the tree and covered from any immodest exposure of his person by a gauzy cloud of musquito wings, she found him. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z Terrified that he might think her immodest, overwhelmed with sudden shyness, she had been colder in her attitude towards him, than she had intended, even in her anxiety not to appear forward. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z The boxes at the opera, and all the places where fashionable people sit, offer a startling picture of how immodest modest women can be when fashion demands it. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z Every foolish and immodest thing should be expunged from the Bible. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z She would have considered it immodest to do so. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z The young ladies have that very nasty immodest habit of hustling themselves out of sight precipitately whenever I appear. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z I shall not speak of immodest dress, for these instructions being intended for pious persons or for those who are endeavoring to become such, it would seem unnecessary. Light and Peace Instructions for devout souls to dispel their doubts and allay their fears 2011-12-22T03:00:27.660Z Lieutenant Atkinson's voice broke through his preoccupation, and saved him the immodest thought of wondering if perhaps his cap visor might not be worn a little more rakishly to one side. We're Civilized! 2011-12-15T03:00:16.297Z Yet such editorial supervision and transformation would be not only immodest but dangerous. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z You saw nothing on public stages but indecent harlequinades, dirty and scandalous intrigue, foul jests, immodest loves. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z All of these are the very contrary of the Rosalinda, which was as honourable as these are immodest. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z For in the huerta it is considered immodest for unmarried girls not to hide the alluring charms of nature, so that no one might sinfully behold in the virgin the symbols of her future maternity. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z Her body had never lent itself to an immodest gesture; what—she caught at the notion—could be more immodest than visible fear? Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z Every foolish and immodest thing should be expunged from the bible. Mistakes of Moses 2011-11-24T03:00:39.887Z It was the sort of thing that in ordinary dealing we denounce and even contemn, as the effort of unsolicited pretension to thrust itself against barred gates with immodest vigor. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z But afterward there were found the mutual love-letters of the same fugitives, barefaced and immodest and preparatory to flight. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z The motion mentioned is to be actually performed, however difficult or immodest it may be. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z Where would indecent costumes, immodest dances, equivocal friendships be, if brothers were more frequent advisers? The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z I know that in many books besides the bible there are immodest lines. Mistakes of Moses 2011-11-24T03:00:39.887Z In the presence of sincerity, of truth, they cast down their eyes and endeavor to feel immodest. Walt Whitman An Address 2011-09-26T02:00:30.337Z And I am surprised that you who are so chaste have composed and copied matters so immodest. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z Generally the immodest portions are reserved for the seclusion of their camp; but the words sung at the camp can be heard at the village, so that all hear them,—men, women, and little children. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z The least immodest Word was forbid on Pain of public Correction. The Travels and Adventures of James Massey 2011-09-13T02:00:31.293Z But I have been heretofore too immodest towards her, and I suffer this Purgatory for it. Letters to Severall Persons of Honour 2011-09-12T02:00:24.913Z She was, Mr Musgrave could not fail to observe, a very pretty girl, and she looked unquestionably well in the immodest get-up. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z As fringe Salafists continued to rail against “immodest” women — links to threatening YouTube sermons were widely disseminated among Copts — Enas stopped wearing short sleeves and had taken to tucking her cross inside her blouse. In Egypt, the Lure of Leaving 2011-08-27T04:40:41Z I have some aptitudes that are not common, no doubt; I am immodest enough to think that. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z After two subsequent failures earlier in the day, I rejected the bedpan with obstinance; the contraption was immodest and impossible to operate without the patient feeling horribly unclean. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z A woman who pulls up her dress deliberately in order to show her legs is pitifully immodest. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z How could any refined girl be guilty of such immodest conduct? Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z They are vivacious and mirthful, yet not forward or immodest. 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 clear that dances rendered immodest by the dresses or the nudity of the persons engaged in them, or by the character of their movements or gestures, are grievously unlawful. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, April 1865 2011-07-30T02:00:17.553Z As a genuine Irishman he never used an immodest word, or by gesture, phrase, or innuendo suggested an impure thought. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z Because she regards it as immodest to show her legs? The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z As among the Australians, the dawn is a woman, but a very different being from the immodest girl dressed in red kangaroo-skins of the Murri myth. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Alas, love makes the human heart into a garden of toadstools, a luxuriant and shameless garden in which secret and immodest toadstools grow. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z Dee had lost a stocking in the tussle and Rags had been bereft of more than half of his shirt, so that his white back gleamed forth in a most immodest abandon. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z Be thou asham’d that I have took upon me Such an immodest raiment, if shame live In a disguise of love. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z At the risk of your thinking me immodest, I'll speak plainly—the moon and the spring-time were a little too much for us the other evening, and we behaved rather foolishly. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z He neither blushed at repudiating a modest woman, nor at supplanting her by an immodest one. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z It was unnecessary, gratuitous, provocative, ostentatious, unmaidenly, immodest—and yet—both her duty and her desire. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z He shared the feelings of the delightful lady who remarked that in her opinion it was immodest to go abroad without gloves. From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z "H'm," I said, "Rather immodest, and I don't know what it's for--an ornament, maybe--but I guess I didn't have to be so nervous about opening it." Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Against this, one must set the fact that they are often immodest; and that, whatever their intrinsic merit, they have failed to rival in permanent popularity the work of inferior men. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z To the Japanese mind, it is immodest to want to show off a pretty figure. Working Women of Japan 2011-03-09T03:00:49.197Z “It is not permitted us daughters of Judah to wear immodest garments.” The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z The impression of immodest jokes, impure habits, petty distrust, ambiguous sneers, hard work, un�sthetic education, was inseparable from this period of his life. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z At first he didn’t recognize it and then he couldn’t believe it, because for years — decades, really — he maintained what was, in his immodest estimation, perfect health. The Billionaire Who Is Planning His 125th Birthday 2011-03-04T05:00:00Z "It was very immodest in me, excuse me," said she hastily and confused. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z It's a good deal more immodest to aid Satan in his work! The Little Missis 2011-02-26T03:00:44.830Z The ushers, guards, and the like are excused, if they cannot easily find other employment; but this does not justify gazing on immodest spectacles or laughing at or applauding obscene jokes. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z I can hardly call it impertinence, but there is something indescribable about her manners,—an unbecoming freedom, an almost immodest frankness, an almost naked naturalness, that is perilously near impertinence. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z It was not fit for a girl of her age to wear, it was too loud and, really, somewhat immodest. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z The very thought of approaching the door of it shocked her as something improper and almost immodest. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z At this point he pulls himself together with a start, and fears secretly he is growing immodest. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z You may so lean upon your partner's arm, and so carry your figure, that the prudish can find but little fault, but you can also make the dance a most immodest one. 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 In indescribable disorder, frantic, diseased-looking men and women of all colors, and in all imaginable flaunting, immodest, grotesque, and shattered dresses, were leaping, yelling, and cursing around him. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z It is unladylike, it is against all rules, it is extremely immodest.... Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z And any irregularity in this matter would have shocked Miss Judy as being positively immodest. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Whereas any woman worth her salt, who happens to be dressed in hat and jacket among much d�colletage, can manage to make the other women present feel immodest. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Last week, The Daily Caller published an article by Rehyansky entitled, "Don’t hint, don’t wink: an immodest proposal." The Daily Caller (sorta) defends crazy old bigot's "don't ask, don't tell" column 2010-12-03T22:30:00Z We shouldn't be immodest here,'' says Janice Stein, director of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. Emerging From the U.S.'s Shadow 2010-12-02T00:03:00Z Raised as a strict Mennonite, Horst was not allowed to take gym classes as a child because his parents considered the uniform shorts immodest. Cumberland Valley Athletic Club raises money for a running legend's health woes 2009-12-10T05:00:00Z Some of the most prominent clerics continue to oppose sports for women under all circumstances, arguing that sports will lead women to engage in behavior like wearing immodest clothing or leaving their homes unnecessarily. The Female Factor: For Saudi Women, Biggest Challenge Is Getting to Play 2010-11-18T14:57:00Z With two outs, Nelson Cruz launched a deep drive to center field and took several slow, immodest steps to watch the ball's flight. Cliff Lee dominates as Texas Rangers finish off Rays in Game 5 2010-10-13T05:11:00Z But Harrison has Grand Slam evidence that he belongs at the elite level, and his goal, however immodest, is to become the next American tennis star. 18-Year-Old Qualifier Upsets No. 15 Ljubicic 2010-09-02T01:13:00Z The latter two are indirect references to the airing of immodest Indian and Western songs and films by the growing number of private cable and satellite television networks in Afghanistan. Afghan clerics seek return to strict Islamic law 2010-08-12T13:31:00Z It spelled the end of the immodest faith in Wall Street's ability to forecast. The End of Wall Street 2010-04-08T21:00:00Z You will see how artistically everything immodest in it is veiled by these two. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. There would then be no coquettes, no immodest women, no enlightened viragoes. The Progressionists, and Angela. "Wonderful," cried the girl, "me to be the leader of styles—But I wore this week's styles last week—they will say I was too forward and therefore immodest." The Book of Gud Margaret remembered her delicate, girlish dreams with a recoil of humiliation; they seemed to her almost immodest. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play Here one may observe that the girls of savage tribes are notoriously profligate and immodest about illicit connections. Custom and Myth New Edition The good book says ‘Thou shalt restrain thine eyes, and do no immodest action.’ My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa Moving off, he halted within hearing distance, and, casting frequent glances back, addressed immodest jokes to those who occupied the other side of the table, at which they laughed and applauded immoderately. The Progressionists, and Angela. "But why do they say you are immodest?" asked Gud, as he picked up a green apple and tasted it to see if it were ripe. The Book of Gud Not only were the arms of New England women bared to an immodest degree, but their necks also, calling forth many a 'just and seasonable reprehension of naked breasts.' Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) How much more, therefore, must this be true of the Virgin who never entertained the least immodest thought which might have troubled her body. Michelangelo Well, Selim, thou shall; not be immodest any more while thou art with me. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa I never saw an immodest look in one their faces, and never heard of any venal profligacy. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses It was impossible to persuade him to touch it again, or so much as to squint towards so immodest a representation. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts These vain and frivolous men showed themselves to be as ill-regulated in their morals as they were immodest in their dress. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) The antique, the impure antique, which regained its pernicious influence over the minds of the sixteenth century, inspired poets and painters with criminal notions and immodest conceptions, with horrid impurities, filth. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels The ladies of Eudoxia's court were so immodest, and had such bad taste, as to adopt this fashion from the courtesans. Women of Early Christianity To the Japanese mind it is immodest to want to show off a pretty figure. Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition They may be seen at the public caf�s, and their dances are indecorous and immodest. Oriental Women In consequence of it, he had resolved never to say an immodest word or do an unclean deed. A Boy Knight In the manners he seems a little defective, for his swains are sometimes abusive and immodest, and perhaps too much inclining to rusticity; for instance, in his fourth and fifth Idyllia. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition N. These two Nets of Iron wire, covered over with spikes, are for the most cruel and immodest purposes. Priests, Women, and Families One lady shows her ankle, and is set down as an immodest schemer; another covers her neck, and is suspected of a cutaneous affection. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 They may be seen at the public places, and their dances are indecorous and immodest. Oriental Women How on earth can Jack find time to think about women with the immense amount of work he gets through?—and his really immodest ambitions! Ancestors A Novel Where the young belle gave a little graceful twitch to her skirts to prevent any possible contamination by touching a passing Yankee, the other class flirted theirs' aside in the most immodest way. The Struggle for Missouri But, as I said before, though immodest expressions offend the ear more, they do not corrupt the heart, perhaps, much more than songs of which the words are decent, and the principle vicious. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales And is it true that some young ladies, the sweetest and fairest of our race, play with one another in an immodest and indecent way, teaching immorality to the pure and innocent? Plain Talks on Avoided Subjects He took care to make no such immodest scrutiny of them as Girard had done, contenting himself with a look at the wound upon her foot. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages That text, if you will look at the connections, does not forbid jesting in the abstract; but jesting on immodest subjects—which are often designated in the New Testament by the phraseology there employed. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings They should know the increased danger if dancing is associated with alcohol, vicious women, immodest dress, extreme freedom of conduct, and other morally depressing influences. Sex-education A series of lectures concerning knowledge of sex in its relation to human life Girls often throw out allurements and temptations especially in the way of immodest dress and seemingly innocent actions which have been the downfall of men as well as of themselves. The Colored Girl Beautiful Unmarried women were not prohibited from smoking, but were considered immodest if they did so. Geronimo's Story of His Life At a later period this scene came to be immodest. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages There is a certain dreadful innocence about them too, as though each would protest, "In spite of our tasks, our often immodest tasks, our minds are white as snow." A Diary Without Dates They recommended the removal of representations of the Holy Trinity, and of pictures immodest in character, or of saints not recognized by the Church. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 How few persons discuss superfluous bachelors, or whether the male arm or leg is an immodest sight, or whether men should vote. Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings Compared with the grand, tree-like self-sufficiency of his demeanour, the vanity and curiosity of the Scot seem uneasy, vulgar, and immodest. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 You insinuate that all the frank kindness I have shown you has been a complicated, a bold, and an immodest manœuvre to ensnare a husband. Shirley She struck all the men as immodest; some were offended and some were delighted. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Her efforts towards peace now seemed immodest, bold, unwomanly. The Peace of Roaring River It is not conditioned by what we deem modest or immodest, high or low, male or female. Whitman A Study I do not mean it so, nor hold myself immodest for the effort. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West The idea that it is immodest to use I is a superstition. The Century Handbook of Writing It always seems immodest to name such things outright.' Mabel's Mistake Even if they credited themselves with having done so, it would be immodest of them to say it. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer Cruel he is, but I thought he would not pollute any girl’s ears with such immodest tales.” Graham of Claverhouse Enquiry, reflection, scepticism, unsuitable if not immodest in a woman, were the rights of a manly intellect. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle The short transparent skirts of a ballet dancer are in reality much more immodest than the nudity of the female savages. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study Many well-meaning persons see in the words of the "good grey poet," only an immodest and brazen shamelessness. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex Everywhere the finger of scorn was pointed at her, and the world with merciless derision pronounced her immodest. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV If women could be made to think, they would not wear immodest clothes, which suggest evil thoughts and awaken unlawful desires. In Times Like These There was nothing immodest about her garb––in fact, it was very correct and proper––but not since the Winship girls rode forth in overalls had Hidden Water seen its like. Hidden Water And as long as they’re spry enough and immodest enough to do all these new bunny dances and what not, you think that’s a sure sign they’ll make good wives and mothers. Rope There was no immodest exposure, but when Mrs. Yates returned to the room for her glasses, the collar was quickly readjusted and remained in place till Dic's step was heard. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties His youngest boy, Caleb, came with him, an immodest little fellow; made so by his father, who it seemed spent most of his time boasting of the boy's accomplishments. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight In a time when personal letters to authors are constantly quoted in advertisements, this might not seem so immodest as in some earlier literary condition. Imaginary Interviews When the person is adorned with gold, jewels, costly or gaudy array, or immodest clothing, we must needs look for the root in the heart. Heart Talks But the violence of the people, always cruel and immodest, is less so under their own leader than if no leader had been given them. The Life of Cicero Volume II. Undertake not to teach your equal in the art him self professes, for it is immodest and presumptuous. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services One might almost say––” But she never said it, for here again she was forced to pause while another pair of immodest legs appeared over the eaves, much fatter and shorter than the preceding pair. Hepsey Burke The costumes of actresses are often immodest, and many of these women are immoral in character. What a Young Woman Ought to Know The work that was assigned to him he did as well as he could; but he had little art to recommend himself in immodest ways. Ulysses S. Grant There was no immodest lingering on the beach; this privilege was reserved for the advanced civilization of a later day. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century I hope I am not immodest in saying that I think I have, in some degree, done this. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements The antiquated notion of white having been the universal color of Greek garments, a colored dress being considered immodest, has been refuted by Becker. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life He even went so far as to say the picture was immodest because of the gown, and in his anger turned it to the wall. Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman No obscene pictures or immodest images were to be seen—all was unexceptionable in point of propriety. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston Germinie did not become immodest in the same degree that she abandoned herself to her passions and sank lower and lower in vice. Germinie Lacerteux It was always my ambition, it is not immodest to say, to excel in whatever I undertook. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements Is not our country flooded with obscene pictures and immodest representations which corrupt our youths? The Faith of Our Fathers One provision of the law of 1634 against "new and immodest fashions" is too remarkable to be omitted. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature Now awhile we see the playhouse, And the giddy hall of music, And the scenes exposéd therein, Oft immodest and immoral. A Leaf from the Old Forest Be not immodest in urging a friend to make known a secret. The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief It is all very well for satirists to call this immodest, but even modesty could be more easily dispensed with than marriage. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) As regards details Ruth definitely did want a bedroom of her own; a desire which her mother would have regarded as somehow immodest. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Just as Boston, finding its bronze bacchante immodest, rejected the brazen hussey. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 He was an ultra-conservative, opposing the revised version of the New Testament, and saying of the admission of women to the university examinations that it was "a thing inexpedient and immodest." A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II Undertake not to teach your equal in the art himself professes; for it is immodest and presumptuous. The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief It would, no doubt, be immodest for a young lady to ride through Hyde Park in man's fashion. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) She felt a shock as if she had been immodest. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan Myself on every post Proclaimed a strumpet; with immodest hatred, The childbed privilege denied, which 'longs To women of all fashion. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical He condemned a certain outrageously immodest Oriental dancer, who, at the moment, was shocking New York. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Soon after the fatal plunge a girl becomes immodest, indecent, lawless, homeless, a victim and distributer of vile diseases. Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade Nor does the fact that our present fashionable evening costume is immodest, of necessity impugn the modesty of the women who wear it. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) But there was nothing immodest in their audacity; it was defiant rather, and scornful. The Bertrams I never learned to play cards, to gamble, or to tolerate the company of immodest women. Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings At that precise moment Bones was winding up a most immodest recital of his accomplishments with a less immodest footnote. The Keepers of the King's Peace "Wait," said he, with an assured if immodest boastful-ness,—"wait until we get a bit degenerate, and then we will produce a Shakespeare"! American Sketches 1908 It is, perhaps, not impossible that the mere notion of a woman's thus taking the initiative in courtship may to some appear outrageously immodest. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) That made Miss Mavis out rather cynical and even a little immodest; and yet, somehow, if she had such qualities I did not dislike her for them. A London Life and Other Tales Leave the room, So old, and so immodest! and be careful, Since whispers will 'wake sleeping jealousies, That none disturb my Lord. The Little French Lawyer A Comedy A few days later Herr Carovius told a tale, of hair-splitting negotiations: there was a middleman who demanded immodest guarantees, including certified notes. The Goose Man Her clear bright eyes dwelt unabashed and fondly on the face of him she loved; and no scrutiny could have detected in their light, one glance of unquiet or immodest passion. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 Modest or immodest, husband-hunting obviously tends to remedy this misdirection and waste of force. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) It can hardly have been from the holy sisters, one would think, that they acquired the self-possessed and scrutinizing, although not immodest gaze, with which I at times observed them to be examining me. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 A modest girl could not have noticed the "catch"; the immodest, on the lookout for such an opportunity, was the only one who could have perceived it. A Confederate Girl's Diary To tell the truth, and not wishing to appear immodest, I was born that way.” The Goose Man Lucia, the charming siren of the previous evening, appeared in her real colors, as the immodest, passionate wanton; Catiline as the monster that indeed he was! The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 And blushingly she told me that, besides the reports about my boasting that she would have to marry me, which she only half believed, she was afraid I would think her forward and immodest. Roger Trewinion "How did we get here?" he asked, his astonished curiosity overcoming his disapproval of this immodest woman. The Gift Bearer If she could have gathered a skirt in her hand the mere holding on to something would have given her self-possession, but she feared he was looking critically at her short skirt and immodest ankles. Mary, Mary What do you mean by these immodest associations? The Goose Man Think me not immodest because I plead with you thus. The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist He was asked whether “the English women were so immodest as to walk out with uncovered faces?” The Young Maiden Somehow she felt that she had been immodest. Emmy Lou Her Book and Heart Arcadius tried to allow it again, under conditions that propriety be observed, but it was impossible, and he forbade all immodest exhibitions. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Not only were the arms of New England women bared to an immodest degree, but their necks also, calling forth many a "just and seasonable reprehension of naked breasts." Customs and Fashions in Old New England Considerable merriment and not a few immodest expressions were elicited at Washington, one day, by the action of the patrol, who perambulate the Avenue on horseback, a terror to all fast riders. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive "It is not permitted us daughters of Judah to wear immodest garments." The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt This was amusing, I thought, but not very clever, and rather immodest. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War They can make a thing modest or immodest, proper or improper, and, if they last long enough, they affect the sense and the standards of modesty and propriety. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Thomas came that evening, extremely self-conscious in a new suit, his air of unwonted elegance heightened by a fresh shave and with his shoes polished into almost immodest prominence. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale She wondered if he noticed it and if he would think her very—bold,—queer,—immodest, to use it. Marcia Schuyler As to the stories themselves, they treat of adventures, in great part amorous and often immodest. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 What she had undertaken to do seemed shocking, hateful, immodest, scandalous, impossible. A Love Story Reversed 1898 It is indecent for women to expose their persons as do some whom we can not call immodest. 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. But I will say that the very men who make the most fuss about women's dressing immodest, wouldn't mind riding through town on a band wagon with nothing on but a pair of tights. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale Anything which is radically unlike prevailing standards or styles to which we have become accustomed will impress most persons as being immodest or indecent. The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 It was easy for her to believe that she had been immodest and forward in her solicitude. Oh, You Tex! And the girl believed him, because, incongruously enough, even through her terror she noticed that at this, the most immodest speech of his life, Alfred did not blush. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life The sense in which it is misused is that of immodest, indecent. 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. After forty years in a world where birth is the one inevitable human experience, aside from death, she had never been able to rid herself of the impression that it was essentially immodest. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale Is there anything immodest, indecent, or suggestive of impropriety in Mary Anderson in the graceful Grecian costume of Parthenia, presented on the preceding page? The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 We shall have occasion to note that they contained coarse and immodest fables and atrocious or vile rites. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism There are some good mothers, perhaps, who would shudder at a bad word, or an immodest story, who yet habitually sin with their tongue. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles Here for about a month a professional evangelist had harangued the curious crowds in immoderate, and oftentimes immodest language. On the Firing Line in Education Their lives are so free and immodest that it might be suspected, with reason, that they had renounced only that which they could not, or were unable to attain. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited Sapeur seized the ankles of the poor chaste woman, and we drew it up, sloping, as it was, in the most immodest posture. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories Without appearing immodest, may I say that the reader has really no idea what a hero the world has possessed in the person of me, Hannibal Trotter? Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life "So immodest it is to show all that hair." The Girl in the Golden Atom Pride, in men wearing long hair like women's hair; others wearing borders of hair, and cutting, curling, and immodest laying out their hair, principally in the younger sort. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 Let me not be guilty of foolish and immodest talking and jesting, of evil-speaking or censoriousness, or of any other of the many sins of the tongue. Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford In Ten Letters, From an Uncle to His Nephew I hated myself, I hated with all my heart the girls who had prompted me to such immodest conduct. The Promised Land He dare not display it, for it is immodest to do so. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The clown exerted his low talent, throwing out at each moment some low jest, some immodest pun, to which his master, simulating a prudish indignation, responded by thumps on the head. Ten Tales "They affect immodest headdress, with heads uncovered or only concealed under a collection of ribbons, laces, curls, and other vanities." Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom Observe her gaunt replica, cap-a-pie, as immodest as an advertisement! Journeys to Bagdad As we had inflated the suits they were not immodest, effectually concealing the lines of the figure, but making it difficult to pass through doorways. More Tish But only the more immodest women do this. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala It would be considered very immodest for a girl to discuss such matters. Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves Take off that immodest, outrageous dress, and put on your own decent one. The Heather-Moon Of this, the sisters quite approved for their girls, whom they trusted never to do, never to wear, anything immodest. The Guests Of Hercules An elaborate Messenger's Speech describes the miraculous life of the Maenads as they lie on the mountains, careless but not immodest. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy When a woman goes before a person of position she covers her head, as it is considered immodest to leave it bare. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala This anarchism of his is not a question of thinking for himself; every decent man thinks for himself; it would be highly immodest to think for anybody else. George Bernard Shaw Yet further, it is held that any book is obscene "which is unbecoming, immodest...." A Book of Prefaces They were banished the theatre of Athens, and from Rome hissed, that brought parasites on the stage with apish actions, or fools with uncivil habits, or courtesans with immodest words. The Growth of English Drama Not that Thumbeline could be called immodest, unless a baby can be so described, or an animal. Lore of Proserpine On the first count I could understand her rejecting such a gift; for the folk of these parts know nothing of statuary and count all nakedness immodest. News from the Duchy "Well, immodest or not, I hold to it," replied Betsey in as amiable a manner as if there had been no reflection upon her refinement. The Miller Of Old Church How its owner would have gasped if he could have seen the Field-Marshal conducting the British share of the great battle in his immodest "salle à manger!" "Contemptible", by "Casualty" He does not aspire to an elegant style of writing, adorned with the ornaments of the orator and the scholar; but to one quality may lay claim, without being thought a vain or immodest man. Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. Madame possesses so sweetly innocent a face I should never have suspected her of being an immodest wanton, were it not for the evidence of my own eyes. Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France My position was a strange one, bound to awaken suspicion; my conduct immodest. Gordon Craig Soldier of Fortune Be not immodest in urging your friend to discover a secret. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society “Do you think I am so very dreadful, so—immodest, to care so much about a man who has never said he cared about me?” By the Light of the Soul A Novel However, when she explained her meaning, I replied that I certainly could not, and as I was not quite so immodest as the lady, I blushed a little. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 Those among us who are powerless to deceive themselves, have invented vice and refined debauchery, which is another way of laughing at God, and of paying homage, immodest homage, to beauty. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2 Some of the girls are very impudent and immodest when a stranger passes by; but as a rule they are not so. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government But one peer after another objected vigorously lest such a list appear immodest. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II "Do you think me immodest, then?" she asked, anxiously. Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad He noticed with a pang that the ivy had been torn from the church and that the glazed brick walls flaunted a nudity that was almost immodest. The Voice of the People I think it is immodest to wear things when they get out of style like that! The Witness Be witness, gods, and strike Jocasta dead, If an immodest thought, or low desire, Inflamed my breast, since first our loves were lighted. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 Hikuli is not kept in the house, because it is extremely virtuous, and might become offended at the sight of anything immodest. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Virginia is as bright and witty as she is modest and pure-minded; there is nothing in the world that Mr. Vansittart detests so much as a coarse or immodest lady. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Their innocent simplicity, no doubt, did not appear immodest in the eyes of the virtuoso. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Here then, I am bound to say, however immodest it may appear, that I have had always the art of making friends easily and of commending myself quickly. Oddsfish! "If his eyes are prominent, we say that he is immodest, loquacious and stupid." Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century "My dear, you never heard her breathe a really unbecoming word or saw her do an immodest thing?" said my mother interrogatively. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. It was not immodest, but it revealed a mind accustomed to view the facts of life, not one nourished on pretty fancies, like those of his sisters. The Wharf by the Docks A Novel "Came into a small fortune this evening—nothing immodest, but ample for one of my simple tastes and modest ambitions." The Day of Days An Extravaganza She had been getting irreligious and immodest, and now she was unhappy, and it served her right. Joanna Godden Our foreign cousins scoff at it and call it immodest; but we may reserve our own opinion as to the relative modesty of some of their institutions. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers She did a lot of worrying over immodest bathing suits, and never went near the beach except as a member of a purity committee, to see how awfully young girls behaved in those public places. The Lookout Man Of all the words on record from the lips of this man, these are the most immodest, but it should be remembered that when he spoke them his blood was hot. In the Days of Poor Richard Was it because she had been immodest in letting him so far have his way? A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today Chastity protected against suitors or immodest women, fifteen times. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Licentious conduct is no longer a venial offence; gross and immodest expressions are no longer allowed in respectable society. A History of English Prose Fiction The more immodest fashions would disappear if men would resolutely oppose them. More Toasts I admit that we have "got on the pantaloons," but I deny that putting them on is going to make us any the less womanly or any the more masculine and immodest. 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 It can never be immodest to attend to the calls of Nature, and such hypersensitiveness is dangerous, for rupture, piles, fissure, prolapse, fistula, are often due to straining. Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment There was a good deal of splashing and horse-play, but nothing you could call immodest, though my fair skin came in for an amount of attention I had to get used to. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales It is unfortunate that in many cases girls, by immodest conduct, have become the leaders in sexual misbehaviour and have in many cases corrupted the boys. Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents I'm sure I don't know how it is," responded his mother, carefully measuring with her eye the correct allowance of cream, "but somehow women always seem to get immodest when they take to verse. The Wheel of Life I have seen hundreds of men and women bathing, and no immodest or careless act.... Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology "My lady aunt," said I, turning to Lady Crawford, "when did I say that Dorothy was an immodest girl?" Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Ah, thought I, in my conduct has he read it— Something immodest or unseemly free? Faust It enters by our eyes looking at bad objects or pictures; by our ears listening to bad conversation; by our tongue saying and repeating immodest words, etc. Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine A. Indecent theaters and similar places of amusement are dangerous to the virtue of purity, because their entertainments are frequently intended to suggest immodest things. Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 During my whole residence in the country I never saw an indecent act or immodest gesture in man or woman.... Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Then tell me, dear aunt, that I am not immodest and bold when I speak concerning that of which my heart is full to overflowing. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall "I don't see anything immodest in it," said Mrs Bosenna looking up. Hocken and Hunken A. The Sixth Commandment does forbid the reading of bad and immodest books and newspapers. Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine It is a sin to listen to immodest conversation, songs or jokes? Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 For tis Poetry that like a chast unspotted Virgin, shews men the way, and the means to live happily, who afterward are deprav’d by the immodest precepts of vitiated and impudent Philosophy. De Carmine Pastorali (1684) Is the seed immodest when it sinks into the ground and swells with budding life? Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall It is too true, that for the sake of gaining our extraordinary curiosities, and to please our brutes, they have appeared immodest in the extreme. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 It is too true that, for the sake of gaining our extraordinary curiosities, and to please our brutes, they have appeared immodest in the extreme. The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences A. It is a sin to listen to immodest conversation, songs or jokes when we can avoid it, or to show in any way that we take pleasure in such things. Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 I am spoken of," she once bitterly said to the Spanish Ambassador, "as if I were an immodest woman. Love Romances of the Aristocracy Is the iron immodest when it creeps to the lodestone and clings to its side? Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall At times she looks As she would pour her secret in my bosom— Then starts, as I have seen her, at the mention Of some immodest act. The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 Here one may observe that the girls of savage tribes are notoriously profligate and immodest about illicit connections. Custom and Myth The native of India, where the females of all races veil their faces, looks on white women, who lavishly display their charms to the eyes of all beholders, as immodest and immoral. The Elephant God You, you unbelieving dog, think that because she is "strong-minded" she must be repulsive and immodest. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 In the West such indifference is rightly considered immodest. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic His legs trembled with the cold while he waited for our explanations, and it was not till we were admitted that he thought of his immodest exposure. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life It seems to us really immodest to keep on spying on the birds in that way. Mince Pie I did not desire to attract immodest attention. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 It is a very immodest dress, for it leaves uncovered the greater part of the legs and body. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 03 of 55 1569-1576 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century Yet there was not the least wanton smile or immodest gesture among them. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism So long as religion enjoins the virtue of chastity, its professors must look with hostility upon the very numerous pieces in which women, young and beautiful, are presented in dresses radically immodest. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" He agrees with Cook respecting the universal decency of these people, which forms so striking a dissimilarity to the immodest conduct of the other islanders met with in this voyage. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 In looking back into those ancient creeds it is necessary to get rid of the modern fashion of regarding any natural object as immodest. The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History Antonyms: See immodest. modesty, n. unobtrusiveness, humility; delicacy, chastity, purity, decency, pudicity. Putnam's Word Book "Modest women," as Kleinpaul truly remarks, "have a much greater horror of saying immodest things than of doing them; they believe that fig-leaves were especially made for the mouth." Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism The innocence and nakedness are resumed … they are neither modest nor immodest. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations She's going to find me this way, all rough and immodest and made fun of. Pardners They leave the navel uncovered; to conceal it would be immodest. The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon Yet opposed to convention, why merely the mention Of a thing so immodest will startle a few; And, although it's a pity, I shrewdly suspect The Lord Chamberlain might deem it right to object. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 6, 1890 Passek, a Polish officer who wrote an account of his campaigns, admired the ladies of Denmark in 1658, but considered their customs immodest. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism There is nothing improper nor immodest in this exhibition, but on the contrary, from its slowness and the regularity of its movements, it is extremely pleasing and elegant. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa The car of course drew attention, because it had yet occurred to but few of anybody's friends that they might themselves possess even a modest car, much less an immodest one. The Roll-Call Not on this account, therefore, must we lay too much blame on him for being conceited or immodest. George Washington That was in case the legs open too much; she must not die in immodest attitude. Kimono The shy and reserved woman holds herself aloof from intimacy in ordinary friendship, because she is acutely sensitive to the judgments of others, and fears that any seemingly immodest action may make an unfavorable opinion. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism To be more explicit"—she bridled—"would trench upon the immodest, almost. Deadham Hard These wretched people are immodestly clothed, and they perform immodest or very tough dances. What eight million women want I could not understand why they behaved in so wild and immodest a manner, but thought dimly that it was the liquor. Vandemark's Folly For the old gods, on the contrary, all life had a certain classic dignity whereby even the immodest heroic art is rendered lifelike. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes In England, the use of drawers was almost unknown among women half a century ago, and was considered immodest and unfeminine. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism It--it is immodest for a girl to sit here in the deep shadow beside a gentleman for hours together. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy You pity them for their immodest behavior in a public place. What eight million women want Then they were adjudged immodest, and their conduct denounced as unwomanly and demoralizing. The Grimké Sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimké: the First American Women Advocates of Abolition and Woman's Rights You have noticed the immodest positions taken by those who dance, and you feel a deep sense of shame for them. The value of a praying mother Not an immodest motion, And yet when she is courted, Makes as wild witty answers. Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (2 of 10) - the Humourous Lieutenant Miss Brown would make an indiscreet young girl feel hopelessly vulgar and immodest; Mrs. Walton that she understood all about her foolish pranks, and was able to lead her in the better paths. A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters It isn't dreadfully immodest, is it, for one to hold converse with her captor? Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 Shortland gives these specimens of the songs that are frequently accompanied by immodest gestures of the body. Primitive Love and Love-Stories Thus yielding, one step at a time, you would cease to look upon the dance as immodest and would find real enjoyment in it, and perhaps would be led into greater sin. The value of a praying mother Conversation is immoral, where the discourse is undecent, immodest, scandalous, slanderous, and abusive. The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801) Never allow thyself to use an immodest word, or to be guilty of an unbecoming action. Isaac T. Hopper "Now I know the truth," Doña Constanza would say with a sweetly immodest smile. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel The squaws are generally very immodest in their words and actions, and will often put the young men to the blush. Primitive Love and Love-Stories Lucy had been taught by her mother that it was immodest to avow affection even for a husband. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction They "are ambitious, indelicate, not to say immodest, bold-faced females"—whether of the human or some other race we are not told. Woman: Man's Equal "Oh, it is quite immodest, talking so, Mrs. Dodd!" replied the meek lady, flushing scarlet. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel Some there are who cry down evening dress as being immodest and indecent. My Brilliant Career Her own marriage was an event so inconceivable that merely to glance at the thought appeared half immodest and wholly irrational. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories At times she looks As she would pour her secret in my bosom—- Then starts, as I have seen her, at the mention Of some immodest act. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays Like a second Joseph, he resists the immodest damsel; like Potiphar's wife, she converts her love to hate, and accuses the virtuous youth of a capital crime. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 382, July 25, 1829 She is wanton, coarse, and immodest, the very reverse of Clorinda, who is a virtuous, chaste, and faithful shepherdess. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook You'll come to some harm yet, you immodest, bold, bad hussy! My Brilliant Career The movements are no more immodest than knitting or quilting a comfortable--and are just about as exciting. Modern India The clerks all seemed to know him, and several of the prettiest girls in the department smiled at him openly in a way that Faith thought very immodest. For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store A few days after the sham duel, Harrison determined to play a trick on another emigrant, a shrewd, tolerably well-informed young man, who had evinced a great deal of self-complacency and immodest pertinacity. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Who knows not that the Difference between obscene and modest Words expressing the same Action, consists only in the accessary Idea, for there is nothing immodest in Letters and Syllables. The Spectator, Volume 2. Was I bold and immodest with men, as accused of being? My Brilliant Career The extremely long, dirt-sweeping skirts were coming up; the extremely short, immodest skirts were coming down. Her Father's Daughter It was an advance, and as such, perhaps, some ladies of indisputable correctness and gentility will condemn the action as immodest; but, you see, poor dear Rebecca had all this work to do for herself. Vanity Fair Sapeur seized the ankles of the poor chaste woman, and we drew it up, inclined, as it was, in the most immodest posture. Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant Compared with the grand, tree-like self-sufficiency of his demeanour, the vanity and curiosity of the Scot seem uneasy, vulgar, and immodest. Memories and Portraits Gertie told herself that there was something almost immodest about being able to hear him breathing as he slept. Buttered Side Down: Stories It was not, however, what would have been called an immodest glance, for the young girl's eyes were singularly honest and fresh. Daisy Miller On the contrary, she would have expressed the prettiest surprise and disapprobation if she had heard that another young lady had been detected in that immodest prematureness—indeed, would probably have disbelieved in its possibility. Middlemarch And there was nothing forward, nothing immodest, in this joyous enthusiasm. The Indian Lily and Other Stories But the immodest ones out-do the worst of us by a bar's length, both in thinking and acting. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 Once the boss had kissed Sophy—not on the mouth, but just where her shabby gown formed its charming but immodest V. Sophy had slapped him, of course. Buttered Side Down: Stories There was in that knotted head of hair something indescribably immodest which seemed to mock me when I thought of the disorder in which I had seen her a moment before. The Confession of a Child of the Century No one can fail to see that many painters have sought a vulgar celebrity by immodest pictures. Albert Durer "You musn't think me immodest in my demands," she went on in hasty exculpation. The Indian Lily and Other Stories He treated me to a learned discourse concerning them, and was furious when one journal, slightly puritanical in tone, perhaps, said that they were generally unedifying, and in one case, at any rate, immodest. The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles |
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