英语词汇“indelicate”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

“Speaking of swimming,” said Mack to fill in the indelicate place in the conversation and to shut Jones up. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The festival is what is sometimes indelicately called a meat market. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The fat man exploded with such an exceedingly indelicate phrase that my stomach lurched. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

"He was so dead tired, he didn't hear the burglars when they broke in. They stole us blind. They even stole my shoes and my under—" The grandmother remembers it is indelicate to say so. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And there was another pause while everyone tried to comfort Queen Neferbeth, who got all upset when Ramose spoke indelicately about “taking out the guts.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pita took it and blew her nose into it indelicately. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Unpleasant. Extremely unpleasant. Even when you know he’ll do the same to you, it’s still a very indelicate thing to do.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was indicated that they were indelicate, some even said obscene. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finally made it to the landing and, with one final indelicate grunt, pulled the trunk onto it after me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She then explains, somewhat indelicately, that she uses the bathroom in the morning, like most women: “Oops, sorry!” T Magazine: Grey Matter 2011-04-11T13:00:52Z

Their arrivals were announced loudly, even a bit indelicately: The concerto had clarity and crowd-pleasing excitement, but also lapses in sensitivity and shape. Review: Two Artists Arrive at the Philharmonic, Loudly 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

She was barefoot, but her feet — her only indelicate feature — were as big and battered as shoes. Personal Journeys: In West Africa, a Dollar and a Meal 2013-05-06T21:58:34Z

However, not wishing to pursue the indelicate task of collecting further data, I will confine my analysis to the already collected sample from the laughing subject. Passing gas is an art and science 2012-08-23T00:00:00Z

On Saturday night, it mounted a peculiar double bill of Purcell's delicate "Dido and Aeneas" and Bartók's indelicate "Bluebeard's Castle." L.A. Opera goes cutting edge in double bill of Purcell, Bartók 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

Elegantly written and hilariously astute, this gloriously indelicate history suggests that women’s infatuation with evangelicalism has been a bad romance indeed. The Love Triangle That Caused a Religious Panic 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z

And then there’s the indelicate but inevitable question: How much money changed hands at the fair in 2015? Seattle Art Fair draws crowds, excitement — and a touch of ambivalence 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

At the risk of sounding indelicate, I ask Nanjiani how long after Gordon’s recovery did they start considering their joint trauma as material. Kumail Nanjiani: 'For a long time, there was one famous American brown actor' 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z

Among other topics, Hanks made Young laugh as he explained his indelicate rewriting of the script of Sleepless in Seattle, where he plays a widower whose son tries to find him a new wife. Tom Hanks speaks of lonely childhood in emotional Desert Island Discs 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

That account, and that indelicate term, quickly went viral. On the Road: Screening Protests Grow as Holiday Crunch Looms 2010-11-16T21:17:00Z

His gestures and facial expressions are more vulnerable than his often indelicate subject matter might suggest. Glenn Ligon takes apart a Richard Pryor performance 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z

Cassandra Wilson, a singer who is not known for indelicate music, put on a bright red electric guitar on Sunday night and played a loud, dissonant solo — gestural, atmospheric, raw, tentative and interestingly brave. Music Review: Electric Blues From Cassandra Wilson and Black Sun 2014-03-19T19:00:31Z

And indelicate replacement of the beating foot. some piano players were good at stomping as well. With James Levine Fired, Should We Rethink Maestro Worship? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

Many of the golfers say they embrace that importance, too, even if they have indelicately nicknamed one eight-foot mound “Big Chief.” A Push to Move the Golf Course Atop a Native American ‘Stonehenge’ 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z

Given some recent indelicate publicity surrounding his girlfriend Kristen Stewart, he could have been forgiven for choosing to forgo his media obligations. Robert Pattinson's press gigs include ice cream, cereal and not much else 2012-08-15T17:59:48Z

Tell the mayor, a worker recalled Trump snarling in so many indelicate words, that he could shove that tree into a part of his anatomy otherwise unaccustomed to harboring vegetation. Trump left his mark all over New York. Some in the city would like to erase it. 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

Since the 1960s, he’s made rude, indelicate paintings that have agitated and mostly torched any idea of good taste and taken Cubism to unhinged extremes. Peter Saul Doesn’t Want Any Advice 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z

Almost every actor in it outplays the material they're working with, particularly Jason Bateman. would be worth seeing if only for the pleasure of watching him delicately bat indelicate comedy around. Horrible Bosses. So-So Movie. Excellent Jason Bateman! 2011-07-07T12:25:00Z

From its playfully inventive opening to its flash-forward finale, Thomas Hardiman’s wild — and wildly impressive — first feature, set during a British regional hairdressing competition, is a proudly indelicate, painstakingly structured pleasure. ‘Medusa Deluxe’ Review: Curl Up and Die 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z

Taxi aptly, though indelicately, refers to renting her — on the meter — not unlike cab fare. On paying for it: Ten cents a dance (adjusted for inflation) 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

Regain your composure and maybe even, if you’re a halfway decent actor, pass off your indelicate intertwining as a more chaste entanglement, by… Every mistake I’ve made in bed — and why there’s no reason to be shamed by any of them 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z

He then began pulling stops with the indelicate gusto of a noisy motorcycle racing up Pacific Coast Highway. A protean John Zorn musical marathon at LACMA and UCLA 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

Many of the actors, too, appear to have lost their way in the production’s indelicate camp. Review: In ‘Persuasion,’ How to Lose Lovers and Influence People 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z

An indelicate visual metaphor, perhaps, but the writer-director Adam Kalderon nonetheless renders his film “The Swimmer” with style and rich psychology. ‘The Swimmer’ Review: Tough Competition, In and Out of the Pool 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

But in her first book, she paints even more indelicate pictures, in every shade of blue. Review | Ali Wong’s hilarious oversharing continues — this time in book form 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z

And yet – if we may pose the question indelicately – was the passing of the sausage in the other direction? Pamela Anderson and Julian Assange: friends with vegan benefits 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

This production then reads as an indelicate transcription, because Brecht may be stone cold, but that doesn’t mean his work lacks spark. ‘Mother Courage’ Review: Selling Her Wares Amid the Havoc of War 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z

By the end, one of the few things that seems certain is that nearly everyone who comes into contact with the raw mammoth material appears remarkably indelicate with it. ‘Genesis 2.0’ Review: How to Clone a Mammoth 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z

But American leadership — and life in general — is an indelicate balance between wisdom and passion, experience and potential, institutions and rebellions. Joe Biden, 78, will lead an American gerontocracy 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

Thus, we are introduced to figures such as Void, Screech, and the indelicate Reflux, whose party trick is to disgorge what can only be construed as a lava barf. “Incredibles 2,” Reviewed: A Sequel in the Shadow of a Masterwork 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

He “loved us in the way that only a sick man can love anybody: indelicately,” Silva says. Unhappy Families Abound in These New Books About Fathers and Sons 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z

Machine-gun beats and speeding guitars unite in a deafening call around Jourgensen who, dressed like a voodoo priest turned scout leader in top hat, dreads and shorts, tears through the song with his indelicate roar. Ministry – review 2012-07-24T17:00:01Z

That's my uncharitable opinion of Joan Rivers, formed over four decades, starting with dreading her indelicate turns standing in for the sublimely urbane Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show in the 1980s. Joan Rivers: Beneath the Mask 2010-06-10T23:55:00Z

The less exciting powers are often comic in their own right, such as one character’s ability to produce 3-D copies, laboriously and indelicately, from his own body. ‘Extraordinary’ Review: The Power of Powerlessness 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z

“No,” a man answers, their exchange punctuated — and seemingly contradicted — by a drop of blood blooming indelicately on a white sheet. Mathieu Amalric Takes On ‘The Blue Room’ 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

Sometimes he just stands and watches, absorbed in the action, some of it his wife's indelicate carrying on. A passionate Sellars-Rattle triumph with Bach's 'St. Matthew' 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

There’s an entire industry dedicated to the afterlife of what are indelicately referred to as “murder houses.” ‘Murder houses’: The haunting final chapter in true-crime stories 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

The dialogue interaction between the characters is indelicate, politically incorrect and sometimes they want to strangle each other. To Catch a Thief (or a Murderer) 2011-02-25T19:44:54Z

Mr. Glaser, friends with Mr. Vignelli since the 1960s, brought up an indelicate point. Scene City: Happy (Helvetica) 80th for a Designer 2011-01-13T00:30:18Z

“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” with its racially indelicate portrayals of black people in the form of the Skids and Mudflap characters, was an easy fix: I took away the film. A Father Confronts His ‘Spider-Verse’ Problem 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z

"The nag factor is what drives those kind of movies," a studio executive mused, a bit indelicately. Family flicks firing up summer box office 2010-07-13T05:31:00Z

Andrew: We joked that we were both eating messy foods that meant indelicate table manners — me with fried chicken, her with the pasta with shrimp in it. Date Lab: These two were in full flirt 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z

Both the woman and the man are transformed by love, and though it might seem indelicate to mention, the money factors in. 'Sound of Music,' 'Pretty Woman' heroines so similar, yet so different 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

Mr. Klapisch lingers his camera lovingly over shots of grapes being harvested and stomped, all the while employing story mechanics and flashbacks indelicate enough to suggest the churn of a factory juicer. Review: ‘Back to Burgundy,’ a Lightheaded Ode to Winemaking 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

In a statement last week about her Twitter comments, Grundy said, “I regret that my personal passion about issues surrounding these events led me to speak about them indelicately.” When “harshtags” backfire: Mocking #whitegirltears and joking #killallwhitemen stir up more university debate 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

It’s not the first time a Bank of England official has been criticized for indelicate suggestions on how to hold down inflation. The U.K. Needs to Realize It’s Gotten Poorer, a Central Banker Says 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z

Forgive his indelicate language; do not forgive those who resent the fact that the Masterman School once was a rake. Opinion | Another revered high school sacrifices excellence on the altar of DEI 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z

But he also found Comer’s bill too indelicate, failing to include any directives for federal agencies to develop public health safeguards or policies, or any acknowledgment the pandemic was still happening. Odd bedfellows: Norton backs Comer bill returning federal workers to office 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z

It’s almost an abrupt, indelicate retort to Ingres’ laborious refinement. Review: Picasso season arrives in L.A. with two smashing museum shows 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

The government said that the spokesman, Mathias Gillmann, had made "indelicate and inappropriate" statements which contributed to the tensions between the population and MONUSCO. Congo expels U.N. peacekeeping mission spokesman after protests 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

Each morning inside a cavernous hall, reporters from outlets outside China pepper the International Olympic Committee spokesman with often indelicate questions about what is awry. At Beijing Press Conferences, the Questions Tell Their Own Story 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z

And as indelicate as it is to mention this, it's important to note that California has a Democratic Senator who is 88 years old. California's recall scare: Republicans put their anti-democratic plan to the test 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z

“It seems indelicate and insensitive to talk about the use of the property other than a memorial,” said state Sen. Jason Pizzo, a Democrat who represents the Surfside area. Florida town weighs how to honor lost souls at ‘holy site’ 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z

The Senate’s rank and file ultimately had enough of it, with the release of the indelicate details of the incident - leading to what was essentially a mutiny. Editorial Roundup: Kansas 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z

I was aware of Vladimir Nabokov’s distain for “Crime and Punishment” and Anton Chekhov’s impatience with Dostoevsky‘s “long-winded” and “indelicate” prose. Commentary: Times are bad, so keep your uplift. Give me 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The Godfather' 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z

As a pugnacious and showboating mayor in the 1990s, Mr. Giuliani personified New York’s blunt and indelicate ideal; he also presided over one of the most racially fraught chapters in the city’s history. In Trump’s Gilded Beltway, Rudy Giuliani Finds a Potent Reward: Relevance 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z

Moreover, there were drunken brawls, curses, “indelicate threatenings” and regular violent clashes on city streets, some involving women. Review | Familiar story of the Boston Massacre becomes familial 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

I recall this because it was the first and only time I ever heard my father use an indelicate word. Opinion | America, your injustice is showing 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z

Hillary Clinton, still campaigning hard against Mr. Obama in late May of 2008, mused about how uncertain the race was, indelicately recalling that Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in June of the year he ran. Hello, What’s This? The Democrats Aren’t in Disarray 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

Rather, Emma calls herself “improper, inconsiderate, indelicate, irrational, unfeeling, vain and arrogant.” Review | Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’ gets a smart, stylish rendering in Autumn de Wilde’s feature debut 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

But pretty much everything else Wright said was truthful, if indelicate. ABC's David Wright told the truth about network news and Trump — and paid the price 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

It can seem indelicate to review the worst part of someone’s life in the hours after his death. Perspective | A single action should not define Kobe Bryant. Nor should it be forgotten. 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

Alden’s original inspiration, he says in the program notes, was the famous gold-laced bathroom in a certain Manhattan tower and its indelicately boastful occupant. Review: Philharmonia Baroque delivers Handel and myth for our sexually fluid, #MeToo times 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

And, not to be indelicate about this, but what are you supposed to do when you need the toilet? The wearable LEX chair lets you sit where you want – but will it catch on? 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z

Romantic subplots are indelicate, and shared grief arrives with less trauma. Review | ‘It Chapter Two’ proves more isn’t always more when it comes to horror sequels 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z

At the risk of seeming indelicate, it should be obvious that unlike egg donors, under normal circumstances, sperm donors don’t have to undergo an invasive surgical procedure or self-administer daily injections of hormones. Column: Paying women to donate their eggs for research is still a terrible idea 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

Gary Ross, chief executive of Black Gold Investors, said that even if it was “indelicate” for Saudi Arabia to let Putin announce the deal, it showed the changing oil market dynamics. Under pressure from Trump, OPEC embraces Putin 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z

But the narrator, thrilled and terrified by the prospect of committing to an entity who cogitates “a million times faster” than he can imagine, can’t help but pose “the indelicate question.” Man, Woman, and Robot in Ian McEwan’s New Novel 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

When they do reach relatives, their approach is sometimes indelicate, causing families to delay signing consent forms or to refuse to sign them altogether. Underperforming in New York: Nonprofit struggles to recover transplantable organs 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

A little rambling and indelicate, maybe, but it was pretty clear he was referring to cultural differences, despite his clumsy choice of words, which clearly do exist and are not at all a bad thing. James Dyson: ‘The Public Wants to Buy Strange Things’ 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

She was earthy and indelicate, not remotely shy; friends came easily, and she leaned on their approval. Opinion | She reported her rape. Her hometown turned against her. Can justice ever be served?

Reared in New York’s indelicate political culture, Trump does not like to appear meek, using rallies and his Twitter account to lacerate rivals. From Kellyanne Conway to Stephen Miller, Trump’s advisers face taunts from hecklers around D.C. 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z

Because 100 percent is all the percent available, Sullivan shared those thoughts with the officiating crew, perhaps a bit indelicately. Perspective | With a bit of luck — and a lot of Braden Holtby — the Capitals tie up the series 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z

In any event, to criticize "Death Wish" for its indelicate timing would be to suggest that there might ever be an appropriate moment to see it. Bruce Willis takes aim and misfires in an imbecilic 'Death Wish' remake 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

An invitation to try bobsled could come with an indelicate implication: that the athlete in question needs a secondary route to the Olympics because she couldn’t make it in her chosen sport. Elana Meyers Taylor, one of the world’s top women’s bobsledders, is looking for the next one 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z

His point, however indelicately: Dire spot for us? Perspective | The Nationals put out a casting call for a hero, and Bryce Harper answered 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z

He may be a tactless, indelicate grump, but — to borrow a slogan from Barry Goldwater — in your heart, you know he’s right. 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' is back and so is Larry David, TV's greatest philosopher 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

It was one more indelicate phrase at the end of a week with too many, but at least he had a point. Tim Howard is an increasingly outdated frontman for MLS 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z

Put indelicately, he collected hundreds of pounds of dreck — sludge from drains, gutters and downspouts, the dregs of civilization that most people try to avoid. Flecks of Extraterrestrial Dust, All Over the Roof 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

He’s right that in America of late, there’s too much policing of indelicate and injurious language and too little recognition that the wages of fully open debate are ugly words and hurt feelings. Milo, a brat in the Trump mold 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

Some social-media users said the timing of the video’s release, one week after a U.S. military Osprey aircraft crash-landed off Okinawa, setting off anti-American protests, was indelicate. Caroline Kennedy goes viral in Japan embassy staff’s goofy Christmas video 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z

Some social media users said the timing of the video’s release, one week after an American military Osprey aircraft crash-landed off Okinawa, setting off anti-American protests, was indelicate. Caroline Kennedy Dances in a Christmas Video, and Japan Can’t Get Enough 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z

We are the losers in a modern game in which only “smart people”, as Trump indelicately put it, know the rules. As Donald Trump made clear, smart businesses know only idiots pay tax 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z

His indelicate language and behavior associated him with the common man, which was considered a negative. Donald Trump, Turkey, Roger Ailes: Your Wednesday Briefing 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

While Republicans often run on law-and-order themes, an indelicate approach could carry considerable danger at a moment of such unusual political instability. On Eve of G.O.P. Convention, Law and Order Takes the Floor 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

Here the honoree was Prince, whose legacy was handled indelicately only last month on the Billboard Music Awards, where Madonna sang a shaky “Nothing Compares 2 U” that epitomized the hollow pageantry of its kind. Passion, politics and Prince: How the BET Awards captured a moment 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z

Ms. Hutchins is often irreverent, sometimes irritable and indelicately vigilant about shoplifting. Wartime Memories in Miniature 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

The group also offers “delicately-designed indelicate quotes,” of Mr. Trump’s offensive comments against women in the form of pretty, shareable Internet cards. Women’s group pushes no sex for Trump supporters campaign 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z

“It was thought that it was sort of an invasion of privacy to show Washington’s teeth, and that it was indelicate.” What Bizarre Relics Tell Us About Presidents’ Lives

When audiences were introduced to Olivia, she was a tough-talking business owner with connections in high places and an ability to extricate the rich and powerful from indelicate situations. On ‘Scandal,’ Olivia’s new red leather trenchcoat means everything you think it does 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z

But increasingly, that message is too indelicate for our ears. Malls of America: They may masquerade as public spaces — but they just want us to shop 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z

His indelicate wife, Grace, 50, a pampered shopper turned political attack dog, might even succeed him. Vuvuzelas, Pistorius and Mugabe’s warped rule: my six years in Africa 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

Substantive issues like how there’s a secret media plot to get Democrats elected by indelicately pointing out that Republicans frequently don’t seem to know what they are talking about. GOP lets the media have it: Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio beat “liberal media” myth 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z

Over the radio, more indelicate words were exchanged. Oversize trucks line up to deliver big payloads to New York 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z

They have a certain set of expectations, unwritten rules and ways of doing things that Trump keeps flouting in the most indelicate of ways. Donald Trump Is Not Going Anywhere 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

Part of it’s the B-movie ghetto of the genre itself; part of it’s the indelicate work of plumbing the subconscious. Remembering Wes Craven, the horror master that got into our heads 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z

Then there was the indelicate matter of the millions of pounds of manure accumulating in the city’s streets and stables daily. New York Today: Planes, Trains and Automobiles 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

Ms. Grundy then released a statement saying she regretted that her “personal passion” allowed her to speak about important issues “indelicately.” Saida Grundy, Boston U. professor, accused of taunting white rape victim: ‘Go cry somewhere’ 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

“I regret that my personal passion about issues surrounding these events led me to speak about them indelicately,” she said in a statement. Black professor regrets comments critical of white students 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

The attacks last month were indelicate and relatively easily traced back to China, so it was likely that officials there were sending a signal with the new weapon, Cook says. China's 'Great Cannon' Redirects U.S. Traffic for Censorship 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

It is at least indelicate to be saying this to a sitting president. President Obama Channels His Inner Ferris Bueller With Executive Action On Taxes 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

Nearly a dozen 2016 hopefuls are arriving here Saturday for what the political class indelicately terms a “cattle call.” Republicans Set Up Shop in Iowa, Where Few Will Prosper 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

That scene has generated substantial outrage across the internet, with many TV critics and feminist advocates panning Sorkin’s indelicate handling of such a sensitive and highly charged topic. 'Newsroom' campus rape episode generates controversy 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

The former president’s indelicate comments caused her some anxiety in 2008. For Hillary Clinton, the Right Time to Get Ready 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z

Instead, we should try harm reduction: Phone makers should build their products with the expectation that lots of us will take indelicate photos of ourselves and our loved ones. Taking a Naked Selfie? Your Phone Should Step In to Protect You 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

This isn’t the first time Arkin has broached the indelicate subject. Are Child Sex-Robots Inevitable? 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

Second, the way this conversation is constructed black women are intrinsically indelicate, which means in this context unfeminine and unworthy of protection. White racism won’t just die off: No utopia awaits when retrograde attitudes like Donald Sterling and Cliven Bundy’s are gone 2014-04-29T11:45:00Z

Republican efforts to attract women voters also continue to be complicated by indelicate rhetoric. Analysis: For U.S. Republicans, political makeover has few changes 2014-01-24T00:41:32Z

They capitalize on views of Central Park — “the money shot,” in the indelicate phrase of Carol Willis, director of the Skyscraper Museum — over which these buildings will cast long, literal shadows. Critic’s Notebook: Seeing a Need for Oversight of New York’s Lordly Towers 2013-12-23T01:31:03Z

The White House has delicately nudged Karzai in the press, but the Obama administration would rarely say something so indelicate about someone as mercurial as Karzai. Obama's Dissenting New Adviser 2013-12-10T17:05:22Z

Others are not so sure: London fears that its slice of the transport pie will be trimmed indelicately enough to jeopardise tube upgrades and other plans to keep the growing population moving. Google takes on Apple: and only the phones may know what will happen 2013-06-01T23:06:06Z

But they continue to resonate because they allow us to tell indelicate truths about America’s continually reinscribed and remixed disdain for black life and possibility. White racism won’t just die off: No utopia awaits when retrograde attitudes like Donald Sterling and Cliven Bundy’s are gone 2014-04-29T11:45:00Z

Without being indelicate, your systems were all working through the night and they need to complete their cycles. 3 Ways to Start Every Day Better 2013-05-29T14:20:00Z

“Sometimes the small, precious thing really is better in larger, if indelicate hands.” Does Selling Out to Avis Represent Success for ZipCar? Failure? Something Else? 2013-01-03T14:17:43Z

The page consists of screenshots of messages sent to Gina by its fans asking questions about anything, which are always answered in a sarcastic, sometimes indelicate way. How a 65-Year-Old Toothpick Brand Became A Surprising (And Profitable) Facebook Marketing Stunt 2012-08-27T19:50:32Z

Mr. Horn reluctantly left Warner Brothers last year — indelicately squeezed out to make room for a new generation of managers. Media Decoder Blog: Alan Horn Is Named Head of Disney Studios 2012-05-31T20:04:28Z

It is a new existence on horseback, and nothing indelicate about it, clad as I have named. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z

They certainly can be made very indelicate; so can any dance, and the French cancan proves that the quadrille is no safer in this respect than the waltz. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z

In truth, Lothaire himself provoked the intervention of the clergy, by causing Theutberga to appear before a tribunal of bishops, in order to undergo their indelicate interrogatories. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z

We would not permit a foreigner to interfere with our institutions—it was offensive, indelicate, impertinent. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z

And yet the article itself is far more indelicate than any dance or any dress, or even lack of dress. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z

Manning tried to sidestep the indelicate question of what Peyton’s future holds, then responded under pressure. Eli Manning talks Peyton, elite status with David Letterman 2012-02-07T14:54:00Z

But quite unpardonable are those men whom one sometimes meets, who, standing in a door-way, talk and laugh as they would in a barrack or college-rooms, always coarsely, often indelicately. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z

Miss Toller thought this information a trifle indelicate, but made no comment on it, except the tacit one of leaving her oysters untasted. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z

He also used another phrase, a rather indelicate one, to evaluate his performance on national TV. Tom Brady on first Giants-Patriots Super Bowl: ?I still can?t watch highlights? 2012-01-23T17:42:04Z

The local opinion was that if a woman had a head, she could not have a heart; and as to having a body—it was indelicate to consider such a thing. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z

It will be noticed, that the Hindoos express androgyneity quite as conspicuously, but generally much less indelicately, than the Grecian artists. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z

To hint at a future payment is still more indelicate. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z

When Sa'-zada had stopped the indelicate scolding of the two Birds Myna proceeded to tell of his life. The Sa'-Zada Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:18.457Z

Mother removed the filthy shirt and the tattered knickerbockers with uncompromising but not indelicate hands. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z

She had mapped out a brilliant future for them in which Morgan Bros, played no part; and she considered it indelicate on Edward’s side to upset her plans by marrying—at his time of life. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z

The original is too indelicate to be represented fully. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z

To allow him to do so, would on your part be very mean and indelicate, and on his very foolish. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z

The opposition in South America usually refrain from voting: indeed, it is considered almost indelicate for outsiders to interfere in a matter so strictly official as an election. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z

To this indelicate and unfeeling remark Adeline vainly endeavoured to reply; but, starting from her chair, she paced the room in violent agitation. Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter 2011-11-04T02:00:17.120Z

Apropos of honour, let me close the window; what Gustav and Jett� have to talk about is nothing to me--it would be very indelicate to play the listener--wounding to my better feelings. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z

A few respectable Hindoo ladies have of late years begun to put an unghia or corset over their bodies, but still the under vestment is shamefully indelicate. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z

In the overflow of gratitude she may speak of it to others, but for you to mention it would be ungenerous and indelicate in the extreme. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z

The Devil, assuming the shape of a charming woman, once made indelicate proposals to him. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z

"Henri's conduct is indelicate"-- "What matters it, when I do not love him?" The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z

That’s the primary concern of the Obama political team, which is why they have — indelicately — vowed to demolish the former Massachusetts governor. Letter From Washington: Obama's Best Weapon: The Republicans 2011-10-03T10:40:27Z

That’s the primary concern of the Obama political team, which is why they have -- indelicately -- vowed to demolish the former Massachusetts governor. Republican Purity Test May Be Obama’s Top Asset: Albert R. Hunt 2011-10-02T15:23:01Z

It's very indelicate, I own; very rude, I acknowledge; but, I should imagine, it can hardly be the first time that you have been so good as to pardon a little rudeness. The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z

The community and each member of it are spiritual brides of Christ, and the marriage relation and begetting of children were set forth and spiritualized in a singularly indelicate manner. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z

Stubbs could better have parried a less indelicate, a less childish thrust; as it was, he reached for his hat. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z

It was a little indelicate, he considered, that any mother should try to secure a husband for her daughter. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z

But at last, driven at bay, her heart bruised by the other's indelicate curiosity, Jane said slowly, "I dare say I'm foolish—but I would rather not talk about it, Athena." Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z

No doubt the form is an extraordinary comfort, for the thoughts are often, as thoughts so widely spread could not fail to be, the very thoughts that are too frequently expressed rudely, crudely, indelicately. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z

"All right then," said Sell�n, resolved not to embarrass his friend by asking indelicate questions. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z

Here there is, on the one hand, a restraint that is ludicrous, and, on the other hand, a familiarity that is indelicate. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z

Marriage was the one subject of all others he considered it indelicate to dwell upon. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z

If you are a cucumber, you are a very indelicate cucumber. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z

Was it not indelicate and selfish to gratify his own longing at the price of deeply and painfully stirring up his friend's heart? The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z

“Or anything half so indelicate as this plantain bush?” asked Nyoda, busily grubbing weeds. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z

In the present state of society we see that realised in the men and women who crowd our music-halls, and revel in the songs the most improper, and in the dances the most indelicate. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z

The women were half ashamed, yet more than half stirred and excited by the outcry, which was true enough if indelicate. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z

It isn’t the least indelicate—after the first shock.” The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z

The wife of Bath is every whit as indelicate. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z

"I am a new member, and my position under you is so well known that it would be very indelicate in me to appear in the matter." The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z

“Here’s a chance for you, ma’am,” “Lots of ’usbands to be had,” and so on, in a way which she seemed to feel—and I quite understood her feelings—was singularly indelicate. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z

Heaven forbid that anything so unwomanly and indelicate as this should come upon me. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z

It has been thought surprising that a learned audience could have endured some of the indelicate scenes. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z

"I think it is very indelicate of Mrs. Mowbray; and Rotha is welcome to tell her I say so," Mrs. Busby uttered with some discomposure. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z

It is a desperate enterprise, and would be both rash and indelicate if the mercifulness of it did not demand the sacrifice. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z

There may be some who think that it is almost indelicate to discuss such a subject as the possible fallibility of the higher judiciary. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z

Just as Glenn Beck indelicately declared that Obama had an instinctive hatred of white people, birthers divorced him from his mother’s family. Is Obama "American" enough for the far right now? 2011-05-04T14:45:00Z

Suppress a truth, and you suggest a lie; and a lie so suggested is the most “indelicate” of cruelties possible to inflict on the dead. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z

Only the fear of being thought indelicate prevents my discussing further this curious phenomenon. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z

As to her antecedents, she herself never referred to the subject, and no one was ever indelicate enough to ask her. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z

Her nose was straight and well shaped, but almost indelicately large. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z

“There, now, don’t read it here before all the people; they’ll think it mighty indelicate in me to make an appointment.” Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z

I might get better exchange elsewhere; and second, I have overdrawn him damnably, and he might be indelicate enough to expect payment. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z

He told Mrs. H. that it was extremely indelicate, and desired that she would return home forthwith, and he would follow her in a few minutes. Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' 2011-04-08T02:00:09.863Z

It seemed to her to be a little indelicate perhaps to look at a fairly young man in a mirror, while you were doing your hair. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z

The work of “taking the measure” having been completed, Miss Furguson, already suffering from the indelicate treatment she had received, was then allowed to rise, and again ordered to divest herself of her clothes. The Nation's Peril Twelve Years' Experience in the South 2011-03-17T02:00:12.580Z

"Oh, you over-sensitive man!" cried she, with her loud, indelicate sympathy. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z

"A rather indelicate allusion on your part," growls the captain, whose brown cheeks had flushed at his wife's words. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z

It would surely be possible to allow him to read her heart, without any indelicate frankness on her part. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z

How indelicate it was to reproach Anna with her age! Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z

Everything I tried to put on paper seemed to me so terribly indelicate and rough, and so I determined to tell the mother. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z

"Pray stop, James," said I; "this is scarcely a fitting matter for coarse jesting, nor is my heart to be made the theme for indelicate banter." The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z

Of course the poor fellow has suffered considerably from the disappointment, nor are his better feelings alleviated by the—I will say—very indelicate raillery papa is pleased to indulge in on the subject. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z

"You would be indelicate enough to say to him what you have said to me!" she burst out. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z

Into his private life we feel that, under present circumstances, it would be indelicate, as well as out of place, to enter. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z

You are really indelicate, standing staring at the children, when you must see that they are longing to kiss each other. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z

They were written mainly to provide pure language and thought for fine melodies of Scotland composed long before his time; but the words of the songs that were sung to them were indelicate. The Real Robert Burns 2011-02-18T03:00:20.253Z

It seems an indelicate thing for a lady to speak of to a gentleman. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z

I consider such exercises exceedingly indelicate for a young lady. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z

This unprincipled adventurer, even before Catherine’s death in September 1548, paid indelicate attentions to Elizabeth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z

It is even considered a little indelicate to remain in the post-office when a telegram is being handed in. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z

He wrote two hundred and fifty love-songs, and only three or four contain indelicate references; even these were not considered improper in his time. The Real Robert Burns 2011-02-18T03:00:20.253Z

It might possibly seem a little indelicate, a little inconsiderate of Doris, in case the young gentleman had not named another time. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z

Never hint that you deem such a favor an obligation to be returned at the first opportunity; although this may really be the case, it is extremely indelicate to say so. 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

To her it seemed almost indelicate to remind her of that day when she had forgiven. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z

If I were suggesting something indelicate and incompatible with your honour, I could understand your scruples. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z

It was also urged that it was indelicate and unwomanly for the gentler sex to engage in the healing art, and that, for their own good, they should be excluded from it at all costs. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z

Miss Judy blushed and showed how shocked she was at such loud and indelicate mention of such an intimate article of clothing. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z

Avoid lounging attitudes, they are indelicate, except in your own private apartment. 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

He looked upon himself as very upright, and, yielding to an irresistible impulse to unbosom himself, ingenuously told his friends about certain indelicate acts of which he had been guilty. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z

It was evidently not the idea which shocked him, so much as the indelicate expression of it. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z

"It seems," he would say, "everybody can tell at a glance that you are no lady; otherwise you would not be the object of such a number of indelicate attentions." The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z

That small gentlewoman herself, naturally, never dreamt of doing anything so indelicate as to look behind the gooseberry bushes while the clothes were in the tubs or the kettle or drying on the line. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z

To us in our fine raiment and soft manners it seems indelicate. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z

It's all too awkward, too indelicate, too personal. Students form bond with family of a cadaver donor 2010-09-13T22:51:00Z

It seemed indelicate, unfeeling, a desecration of sacred things. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z

The unlikely contenders are officially called Tour hostesses but more commonly, and somewhat indelicately, are known as podium girls. At Taxing Tour de France, a Battle of Beauty 2010-07-24T19:15:00Z

More than a few friends and family members suggested indelicately that my problems were all in my head, or worse still, that I was simply seeking attention. For a Celiac Sufferer, a New Mystery Illness 2010-07-20T17:05:00Z

They assume responsibility for collecting on their loans -- at times indelicately, authorities say. Special report: High-rollers, triads and a Las Vegas giant 2010-03-29T14:37:00Z

In Florida in January, he took in a martial arts show and responded to heckling by Dolphins fans by making an indelicate gesture, for which he was fined $50,000 by the league. Sports of The Times: Jets? Ryan Tackles Weight Problem With Bariatric Surgery 2010-03-16T02:00:00Z

"Dear me, yes!—life is indelicate enough anyway, without our encouragement, isn't it?" murmured Joan. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z

He carefully excluded all libelling and personal abuse; but what would now be considered indelicate jests were not infrequent. The True Benjamin Franklin

If the ladies will excuse its being a little indelicate. Lady Maude's Mania

Therefore not only avoid all indelicate expressions, but appear not to understand any that may be uttered in your presence. A Hand-book of Etiquette for Ladies

“I may be wrong,” she said, “but I have always felt that it was indelicate to allow one’s self to care for a gentleman.” The Master's Violin

To have any one show interest in what I do is a new experience, and I hesitate for fear I may be indelicate. The Bachelors A Novel

The indelicate, the ignominious course of a trial at law, with all its shocking exposure, would be worse than a thousand deaths! The Fortunes Of Glencore

One could imagine that he found her modern directness of speech indelicate. The Missioner

The impious toy was introduced to the Holy of Holies, and the Dalai Lama walked round it uneasily as it emitted the strains of English band music, and raucously repeated an indelicate Bhutanese song. The Unveiling of Lhasa

"I'm not indelicate, Aunt Adelaide, I'm merely being accurate," said Patricia wearily. Patricia Brent, Spinster

The judge then laughingly addressed an indelicate question to Samdadchiemba, who lowered his eyes and remained silent. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2

But Griffith Gaunt was her old sweetheart; it seemed somewhat less strange and indelicate to go to him than to the new one. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866

This reached to the waist where it met long hose of every scheme of colour—striped, dotted, divided in bands—everything—displaying the indelicate but universal pouch in front, tied with coloured ribbons. English Costume

On consideration, even jumping to glory without a tambourine struck them as an indelicate method of reaching Paradise. Carnival

He can think as highly as he likes, but his open-mouthed vehemence of adoration struck me almost as indelicate. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel

Perfectly groomed, impeccably dressed, smiling, vital, bronze-skinned, delicate, yet strong features; the kind of male who might be considered, Bowren thought, to be able to assert just the right degree of aggressiveness without being indelicate. Thy Name Is Woman

You talk very strangely, very—indelicately, I must say. Lady Cassandra

Besides these there are farces or farcical entertainments, more or less indelicate, of uncertain dates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama"

"Who is this person," asked I, haughtily, "who, with an indelicate generosity, has presumed to interfere with the concerns of a stranger?" A Day's Ride A Life's Romance

The narrative, however, though possessing many merits, is too indelicate for latter-day taste even to be sketched in outline. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series

"Princess Caroline had a tooth drawn—she sends it down to me by a page—nasty and indelicate." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845

It sets historical truth at defiance, and is replete with coarse humor and indelicate wit. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

Of late years there has become quite popular a prudish notion that it is indelicate to say leg when one of the limbs that supports the human body is meant, limb being preferred instead. Every-Day Errors of Speech

She couldn't leave things like this, no matter how indelicate she might seem. Fidelity A Novel

"We shall soon meet again, I hope," was the extent of promise I could obtain from him; and I saw that to press the matter further was both unfair and indelicate. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands

Their speech, however, was unrestrained, and they delighted in indelicate witticisms and doubles entendres. Greek Women

There were those who considered it most indelicate under the circumstances that an unmarried woman should appear upon the scene even as a reader to an aging and broken man. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade

"Mad as a March hare," is an indelicate term that should not be used on account of its origin. Every-Day Errors of Speech

Intense demonstration was indelicate to her; she was that way, she had not been able to help it. Fidelity A Novel

Neither indelicate exposure of the person in style of dress nor extravagance in dancing found favor at her hands. Women of England

Most of the women have a great aversion to telling their own name, because it is considered a very indelicate thing for a married woman to mention her own name. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches

The prelude and music is similar to that of fandangos, but the movements and motif are far more indelicate, and it is by no means a matter of difficulty to divine the meaning. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia

The very use of the word limb indicates what is passing in the mind of the speaker—a thought of leg, an indelicate meaning attached to it, and a fear to speak the word. Every-Day Errors of Speech

Will he think me forward or indelicate for it? A Rent In A Cloud

On protecting her form as much as her indelicate disposition required—and that was not much—she flung the door open and savagely asked: "What's wanted?" The Spiritualists and the Detectives

I would not be so indelicate; no indeed. Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier

And again, "It wasn't gentlemanly in him to use an indelicate word about the baby." An Old Chester Secret

Such witty, and innocent remark was thought indelicate by her lover, and it had nearly broken the match! Why a National Literature Cannot Flourish in the United States of North America

The mythological articles have been prepared with great care, and are free from the indelicate allusions which have rendered some former works of this kind unfit to place in the hands of young persons. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851

"And you, from your own feelings, avoid what is indelicate and impure in conversation, and yet feel it no restraint?" The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings

“It is considered very unwomanly not to wear trousers, and very indelicate for a man not to have skirts to his coat.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton"

There was something almost indelicate in their merciless scrutiny. Aliens

Some individuals were indelicate enough to hint that the pies were intended to propitiate us and prevent the plunder of the houses. History of Morgan's Cavalry

Williams was a satirist of the old school, and the allusions made by some of the vendors render this otherwise interesting satire wantonly coarse and indelicate. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times.

I should give the sense of it—neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor indelicate jests. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings

This is unjust, this is cruel," I exclaimed; "Alice herself is not more pure than I am from an indelicate thought, or an evil design. Ellen Middleton—A Tale

Van Loon is very right in denouncing this same medal, so grossly flattering to the English, as most detestable and indelicate! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3

Amidst the bolted lightnings of that sublime denunciation, coarse thoughts, indelicate figures, indecent allusions, flash upon the sight, like gross imagery in a midnight landscape. Walt Whitman Yesterday and Today

"As much as I hate to mention a matter so indelicate, I must, because it concerns us." The Co-Citizens

But was I trespassing too indelicately on the subject of the late model cars or probing into a veiled past too transparently? The Land of Look Behind

The reasons for divorce he felt should be extended to include things not generally reprehensible, and chivalrous people coming into court should be protected from the indelicate publicity of free reporting.... The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman

Behind his impudent servility, behind the devotion which, with indelicate delicacy, he still forced on her attention, she divined the grossness of his nature. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25)

Public prayers were said morning and evening; and, instead of profane or indelicate songs, nothing was heard but the psalms of David. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2

O fye Seignior, how can you make use of so indelicate an Expression. The Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd Drawcansir

It is always indelicate, and may be offensive. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order

I remember the awkwardness I felt at these indelicate thrusts into topics I had come to regard as forbidden. The Passionate Friends

Much more evidence of a similar kind was offered during the course of the trial, with details of a too indelicate character for reproduction concerning the search made on the women's bodies for devil's marks. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development

Music-hall posters squall out: The passengers shrink together, I enter indelicately into all their souls. Some Imagist Poets An Anthology

Not a single word that might shock the ear, no indelicate or inopportune compliment, no coarse jest, of the kind the Andalusians permit themselves so frequently to employ, does he ever indulge in. Pepita Ximenez

Taught that education for her was indelicate and irreligious, she has been kept in such gross ignorance as to fall a prey to superstition, and to glory in her own degradation... Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures

She felt, for the first time, in all its force, how wrong she was acting, how indelicate was her situation. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848

I had frequently walked over these grounds, and seen evidences of what is both too indelicate and too horrible to be described. A Letter to Hon. Charles Sumner, with 'Statements' of Outrages upon Freedmen in Georgia

Here is my haberdasher promenading in an indelicate costume as Bacchus; also a Diana, dressed up atrociously, who is really a waiter at a café. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study

It was cruel of him, as well as vigorously indelicate. The Crimson Tide A Novel

It has been said that the delicate and cultured women would shrink away, and the bold and indelicate come to the front in public affairs. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV

She must not hurry him—that is very indelicate—she must wait. In Times Like These

The Fox has many misdeeds on his conscience, but his conduct towards the Badger is peculiarly indelicate. The Industries of Animals

Of course it would be indelicate, if not unfeeling, to ask her about it. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844

The want of a husband!—I vow, you are monstrous indelicate, Miss Herald; I am afraid you are wandering from the paths of vartue, as dear good Mr. Gracely says. The Politician Out-Witted

It's most indelicate, to be sure, but I laughed long and hard over the sexual specialty of my uncle, Archduke Karl Ludwig, who is bad, anyhow, as everybody knows. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess

Reggie pulled off the coat, as if it burned him, and felt he had been perilously near to something very compromising and indelicate. In Times Like These

To beat it up with the hand is an indelicate practice, as the butter cannot fail to imbibe the animal effluvia: a warm hand especially will soften it, and make it appear greasy. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families

The resident at Frankfort was as stupid and clumsy as a German official can be, and managed the affair in a most rude and indelicate manner. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History

Of the message itself, he said that it was "as unexpected as its tone and tenor are improper and indelicate." James Madison

Audrey is not the girl to propose anything so indelicate—so altogether wanting in propriety—as to thrust herself upon a man who very properly declines to marry her. Lover or Friend

Rather an indelicate and unpleasant thought, too, for an "honest" woman to advertise so brazenly. In Times Like These

Modesty has also the specific meaning of a sensitive shrinking from anything indelicate. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions

Instead of being crude, direct, indelicate, they were subtle and misleading. The Dust Flower

Is it at all more indelicate for a woman to go to the polls, than it is for her to go to the court-house and pay her taxes? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III

A particular box was allotted to this occasion, out of hearing of the lady of the bar, that the double entendres, which were sometimes very indelicate, might not offend her. All About Coffee

"That is an exceedingly indelicate avowal!" she retorted. The Gay Rebellion

It is a singular fact in the present age of the world, that delicate and indelicate subjects mean precisely the same thing. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans

Miss Gordon would not have stooped to quote Shakespeare, considering him very irreligious and sometimes quite indelicate, and having forbidden the reading of him in the Gordon family. 'Lizbeth of the Dale

Women brought their babies, and sat about on the stones suckling them and talking to the men—a proceeding which filled Beth with disgust, she thought it so peculiarly indelicate. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius

Some of the letters were frankly indelicate in their expression and, as the whole parish seethed with the scandal, the vicar appealed to the police for aid. Malcolm Sage, Detective

With that remark I conclude my sketch of his character, feeling it indelicate to continue further. The Brothers Karamazov

There is undoubtedly a great deal of indelicate writing in Fletcher and Massinger, and more than might be wished even in Ben Jonson and Shakespeare, who are comparatively pure. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3)

But men say it would be very indelicate for woman to go to the ballot-box or sit in the Legislature. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I

Osborne, too, is suitably rewarded; but as this game borders on the indelicate, it shall be nameless. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845

Of course a chaperone was in the party, but what an indelicate thing for the groom to know anything about the wedding clothes! A Portrait of Old George Town

She would do nothing that could be thrown in her teeth; nothing that could be called unfeminine, indelicate, or undutiful. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite

I see that Kate has been indelicate enough to tell you about our family affairs. Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy

Taught that education for her was indelicate and irreligious, she has been kept in such gross ignorance as to fall a prey to superstition, and to glory in her own degradation. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I

Between his imperfect English, his delicate mode of expressing the indelicate, and his great charm, poor Mrs. Duveen found confusion, brewed tea and reported the conversation to her husband. The Orchard of Tears

Angela’s personal things were taken into the more comfortable inner room, which boasted of a match-boarded wall—not to mention half a dozen rather indelicate prints tacked on to the same. Colorado Jim

The question seemed at first blush a little indelicate. Punch or the London Charivari, September 9, 1914

The literature of the time, at least that portion of it which penetrated to ladies' chambers, was of an amorous, and too frequently of an indelicate character. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866

It is too late for women to excuse themselves from exertion in this cause, on the ground that it would be indelicate to leave the sheltered retirement of home. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I

He felt outraged by the assault; for Mr. Wittleworth, as his employer had rather indelicately hinted, had a high opinion of himself. Make or Break or, The Rich Man's Daughter

New York Times: "This book treats a delicate theme in the most indelicate fashion possible." Terribly Intimate Portraits

"If the question is not an indelicate one," said Fogg hesitatingly, "might I inquire if you ever paid up?" A Pirate of Parts

The brigadier took leave of Cavalier by expressing the desire to be of service to him at any time; but he made a gross and indelicate mistake in offering his purse to the Camisard chief. The Huguenots in France

Others, though coarse, were kindly in their familiarity, and Sifton, with gentle face, remained to help her bear the jests of the more uncouth and indelicate of her admirers. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West

A late empress of Russia, as a punishment for some female frailties, ordered a most beautiful young lady of family to be publicly chastised, in a manner which was hardly less indelicate than severe. Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World

Would Hamlet have appeared less interesting or less mad had he not spoken indelicate and cruel words to Ophelia? My Recollections of Lord Byron

Their clerks write me letters demanding most indelicately why I haven’t done this and that.” Masters of the Wheat-Lands

An imagination exercised in this discipline is never clean, but seeks for and discovers something indelicate in the most common phrases and actions of ordinary life. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity.

But her own conversation is never polluted with anything the least indelicate or unbecoming. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I

A few sumptuary laws, a subordination to the men, and a total want of authority, do not so much affect the sex, as to be coldly and indelicately treated by their husbands. Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World

Foragers thought it not indelicate to linger about the house of the unsuspecting farmer till the lamp revealed the family at supper, and then modestly approach and knock at the door. Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865

According to Theobald's note, a most indelicate anticipation is put into the mouth of Rosalind without reason;—and besides, what a strange thought, and how out of place and unintelligible! Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher

This was very wrong; for Mr. Neefit, though perhaps indelicate, had at least been generous and trusting;—and a definite answer should have been given before the middle of July. Ralph the Heir

There is nothing indelicate about riding on both sides of a horse, if they once get used to it. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882

Violent passions, rash oaths, coarse jests, indelicate language of every kind, are precluded and disrelished. Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World

Fat pork I could not swallow; nor onions nor cabbage,—gross, indelicate vegetables! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866

The plain facts of matrimony are carefully hidden from them, as either being too "prosaic" or too indelicate. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends

She genuinely liked Miss Rowe, and could not bear her to think that she would have been so cruel and indelicate as to call attention to her one blemish. The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life

Naturally the unfortunate lawyer was driven to the brink of desperation, and at this time he never went out of doors without being accompanied by two detectives to protect him from her indelicate approaches. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures.

It would be highly indelicate,—the very supposition would be derogatory to her dignity. Fairy Fingers A Novel

Upon a narrow seat just inside the cabin door, an indelicate old person lies, eyes closed and jaws agape. Ship-Bored

She at first vehemently objected, saying it would be in the highest degree indelicate to publish so much of her own story as was inextricably interwoven with the journey. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy

It would be indelicate to speak until Tallis felt that he was ready for the surprise. The Highest Treason

She was frantic with disappointment, and her insane infatuation led her into all manner of indelicate demonstrations. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures.

My aunt reported to my mother that the book was very "indelicate" and after that Beadle's "Dime Novels" were absolutely forbidden. Confessions of a Book-Lover

You may say what you like to him, though, for the matter of that, I think it a very indelicate thing for a lady to go about raising such questions at all. Miss Mackenzie

That Diamond Tom received this money there is no doubt, but where and how he got the diamond nobody seems to know, and in his own time it was deemed indelicate to inquire. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators

It was not, however, indelicate to watch Tallis' face closely; it was expected. The Highest Treason

It seemed such a repulsive and indelicate step to take. The Lost Girl

"Oh, Doc! how can you be so indelicate as to taunt me with my poverty; to suggest, to hint even so subtly, that I would fill my empty pockets from your purse?" The Lady Doc

There was something in her position as connected with Mr Maguire which made her feel that it would be indelicate to entertain another suitor before that gentleman had received a final answer. Miss Mackenzie

This she did, assuming the dress of a man: was it not very indelicate, sir, and could she have been a lady? The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764

It was a most indelicate action, but the knowledge that it was such did not lessen the horror with which the guests regarded it. The Dude Wrangler

My dear boy," said he, "don't you know it would be very indelicate, not to say vulgar, for us to print a sensational account of that marriage? Old Ebenezer

You know and I know that she will do any indelicate thing which occurs to her to get what she wants without paying for it. The Lady Doc

Now in Japan nothing is more indelicate, more unpardonable, or more insulting to the listener than any reference to the personal love between man and wife. The Dragon Painter

Well then, I think that it is indelicate in women to leave their proper sphere and descend to the level of men, and this any woman must do in assuming the masculine garb. The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764

"It's rather indelicate to discuss with a gentleman," she continued, braiding her fingers. The Dude Wrangler

Indeed this trade was pushed to so great a height, that the quarter-deck became the scene of the most indelicate familiarities. Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791

It must be one of the lady doc's practical jokes—it was sufficiently indelicate, he told himself. The Lady Doc

To refer to yourself in such a way is most indelicate. Apron-Strings

We may not speak of anything so indelicate as a belly, but we can mention an abdomen in the politest society. The Book-Hunter at Home

It would be indelicate to give statistics as to his age. Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War

This adjective and its synonyms, indecent and indelicate, are often used without proper discrimination being made in their respective meanings. 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.

I repeat: let any one who thinks that Dickens was a gross and indelicate artist read that part of the book. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens

One came to me on a Sunday afternoon bearing a Bible, with a request that I would find for him and read to him all the indelicate passages. The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography

And there were reasons why any such vindication by him was especially indelicate. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion

Your bill-fold is there intact—it's rather indelicate of you to feel for it! Blacksheep! Blacksheep!

It is indelicate for any one to obtrude himself upon another's retirement. 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.

Boys are no better off at many places; but boys have opportunities of adding bloaters and chops to their breakfasts, which would be considered horribly indelicate and insubordinate conduct in girls. The Mark Of Cain

So, at favorable times, he, in a wary manner, and not indelicately, would venture in private interviews gently to make distant allusions to this questionable propensity. The Confidence-Man

I felt a sudden doubt of my right to intrude; for curiosity had been my motive, and curiosity here seemed singularly indelicate. Four Meetings

You think the question indelicate, but why should I shrink from asking a question on which, perhaps, the happiness of your life depends? April's Lady A Novel

I would not be so indelicate as to require them on such an occasion. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection

The smaller range and more delicate—however indelicate—argument of the fabliaux not only invited but almost necessitated a different kind of handling. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II)

“How does she know what is, or what is not, indelicate?” Rattlin the Reefer

I asked if I had made any serious lapsus, or said anything very ridiculous or indelicate; if I had, I said I should never forgive myself. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer

“I shall do as I think proper,” replied the lady; “and I’ll thank you for none of your indelicate insinuations.” Mr. Midshipman Easy

Mrs Podgers declared that it was very indelicate in her to do so, but Kitty replied that if women were on board ship, it was their duty to attend to the wounded. Charley Laurel A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land

She soon, however, discovered that his Excellency's intentions were strictly dishonourable, for he made her, she afterwards said, "a most indelicate proposition." The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert

Montaiglon caught that smile once: his chagrin at its irony was blended with a pleasing delusion that the frank and genial domestic might proffer a solution without indelicate questioning. Doom Castle

“It—it looks so indelicate,” said Max hesitatingly. Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai

I never heard him express an impure thought, or make an indelicate allusion in any way or shape. Pushing to the Front

"I have a great mind to take you at your word," said Kate; "but no; it is really too indelicate." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866

"To allow my husband to watch me always would," she said, "be indelicate!" The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert

The hostess was likewise a true character: she made some observations so free, and even indelicate, in the hearing of the ladies, as in some degree confounded me. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808

Another centre of interest is the mikweh, the name of which it is indelicate to mention in the hearing of men. The Promised Land

"Very indelicate of her ever to have made such a wager," retorted Lady Mary, quite trumpeting in her wrath. Belles and Ringers

I never heard him express or make an indelicate allusion in any way or shape. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune

"But no one would be indelicate enough to show a want of respect to their religious scruples," answered Harry. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series

The performance at the theatre was too contemptible for mention, and in the pantomime, or rather spectacle, became latterly so indelicate, that I found it necessary to withdraw. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808

"Really, Helen, I think it's most indelicate of you to refer to such a possibility," the other girl remarked. White Ashes

He was never known while in Washington to tell an indelicate story or to use a profane word, although when slightly excited he would sometimes say, "Dog on it!" to give emphasis to his assertion. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis

"I hope they wouldn't think me capable of doing anything so indelicate as squeezing a lady's hand," said Maxwell. The Story of a Play A Novel

I call it indelicate to discuss such subjects. Mary Gray

I must do them the justice, however, to add, that though their raillery will be sometimes broad enough, it is never verbally indelicate. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808

It is so unfeminine and indelicate for young ladies to have appetites. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems

His father dying before he was two years old, Garfield's early life was one of privation, but its poverty has been made indelicately and unjustly prominent. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail

It would have been indelicate," he said to me, "to remind Mlle. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II

There was nothing unwomanly in flowing hair, there was nothing indelicate. The Beach of Dreams

An indelicate story was a sharp distress to Stoddard; Dolby told him twenty-five a day. Chapters from My Autobiography

"Now there is one place where perhaps it would be indelicate to take a Mississippian," Verena said, after this episode. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II)

Each of them was afraid of blundering, of causing unnecessary pain by an indelicate revelation of the facts. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army

He chewed tobacco and was brimming over with funny stories, funny and usually indelicate. Confessions of Boyhood

Yet I read it through without ever noticing or retaining any impression of the indelicate side of the story. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer

He was quite sober now, and his speech, although slovenly, was not indelicate. The Cow Puncher

The reader may imagine whether such an impression as this made it any more agreeable to Basil to have to believe it would be indelicate in him to try to woo her. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II)

Positively you are not aware of anything reprehensible or even indelicate in what you are about. The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy

To hold such a convention in the Eternal City, right under the eaves of the Vatican, was surely a trifle "indelicate," to use the words of the Pope. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists

With a charge of BB's, in a most indelicate portion of his anatomy. Day of the Moron

Whether England is now passing into decline, living her life in her children, the Colonies, might be indelicate to ask. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers

A man may smile at his own misfortunes after they are over—sometimes our laughter seems scarcely directed against anyone, and in the most profane and indelicate humour there is often nothing personal. History of English Humour, Vol. 2

It is difficult to qualify, it seems almost indelicate to intrude upon, such passionate grief. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters

Foolish or vicious nurses may bring it on by handling young children most indelicately. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence

It was indelicate, and he felt that his whole behavior had been indelicate, from the moment her laugh had wakened him in the night till now, when he had invaded her room. A Pair of Patient Lovers

This sign also represents a more indelicate idea, and is used in the same way on the coast. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government

But that you should beg off discussion because my way of putting things seems to you indelicate is yet another count in my quarrel with your established ministry. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties

I think the expression is positively indelicate, Henry. John Ward, Preacher

In our walk in life the sending of such lines to a gentleman who had not declared himself would be considered almost indelicate. Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel

The judges drew, however, this indelicate conclusion; the conclusion they drew was founded upon the premises; it was very just and logical; for they declared that he was a mere cipher. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12)

The dance was performed by men, mostly in imitation of the women, and was also of the usual inelegant and indelicate description. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government

Most of his songs are amorous, though never indelicate. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour

After a minute of uncertainty, his curiosity triumphed over his discretion and he put, in an apologetic tone, an equally indelicate question. The Miller Of Old Church

I knew it rude to enter there With Mrs. V. in such a state; And, 'neath a magisterial air, Felt actually indelicate. The Heptalogia

A contemporary of his at Eton once told me of a scene, at which my informant was present, when some loose or indelicate toast was proposed, and all present drank it but young Gladstone. Successful Methods of Public Speaking

The performances at European Operas are often nearly as indelicate. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government

It has been supposed that Greene was very indelicate in his language, as well as reckless in his life. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour

Meekness had always seemed to him the becoming mental and facial expression for the sex; and that a woman should resent appeared almost as indelicate as that she should propose. The Miller Of Old Church

These are mainly amatory, and all indelicate, while some are as coarse as anything in French literature. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1

If, on the contrary, you treat him well, and refrain from indelicate inquiries respecting his age—on which point he is very touchy—his visit is sure to bring good luck. The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural

My dear Sister, Some young persons indulge a fastidiousness of feeling, in relation to the subject of marriage, as though it were indelicate to speak of it. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister

It bears marks of an early time in its words being coarsely indelicate, but not amatory. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour

The little prisoner was condemned to pass three days in her room, as just penalty for such “indelicate” behaviour. Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book

Here he read his skits and parodies, here travestied Virgil, made epigrams on Richelieu, and poured out his indelicate but always laughable witticisms. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1

To censure him would be still more indelicate. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch

It conveys the idea of an exquisite propriety of deportment, free from everything indelicate, obtrusive, repulsive, or unamiable. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister

In the tenth century the clergy found stories to amuse the post-prandial hour—extravagant, indelicate, or profane—such were the times, but marking improved activity of thought. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour

Not so when one hears an indelicate word or expression, which allows of no possible harmless interpretation. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society

But there is no need to argue the question—the public has decided it long since, and, except in indelicate ballets, and occasional rather French passages in farce, our modern stage is free from immorality. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1

But my undergraduate has a blushing sense that to call Byron Byron twice on one page is indelicate. On the Art of Writing Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914

Nearly all adults are addicted to drunkenness, while the use of foul and indelicate language is almost universal,—men, women, and children employing it in common conversation. Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels

He encouraged and led the way in an indelicate kind of jesting, which he seems to have learned during his travels in France. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour

Immediately before her feet, and indelicately confronting her, lay a suit of man's clothing. The Astonishing History of Troy Town

Her success in hoaxing—which we should now think both perilous and indelicate—seems to have only riveted the chain, which was drawn around him more strongly. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1

Without being indelicate, she was really able to bring hope to the fore. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst"

Before another is a man dancing as indelicately as a Moorish woman of the coast. 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

Did you get the threepence? if the inquiry is not indelicate.’ The Disentanglers

Really," murmured the Admiral, as his eye travelled over the beach, "anything more indelicate—Why, Miss Limpenny might be rowing this way for anything they know. The Astonishing History of Troy Town

Your over delicate ladies are the most indelicate people in the world. Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers

It was indelicate to have referred to the mental image even ever so vaguely. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst"

The women looloo as on the coast, and both men and women dance; not exactly as the negroes do, but still somewhat indelicately. 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

Some young persons indulge a fastidiousness of feeling in relation to this subject, as though it were indelicate to speak of it. The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies

There are exceptions to this rule of pride in indelicate health,—notably among the lower classes. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)

As the conveyance is confidential, I can say something on a subject which, to those who do not know my real dispositions respecting it, might seem indelicate. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3

He glanced significantly at the door, not suppressing a slight yawn; it was incredible how this repulsive little artist, with his indelicate propositions, bored him. A Comedy of Masks A Novel

This is nowhere done, for there are many bits of information which come to a Government through its diplomatic connections which it would be indelicate, discourteous, or unwise to give to the public. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe

Though it seems indelicate to suggest the possibility of a bug in a well-kept, charming chamber, even the best housekeeping is not always proof against feeling "things at night." The Complete Home

There is a haste somewhat indelicate in the introduction of French garrisons into Savoy, previous to the popular conclusion being known. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II

This is, at least, very indelicate, and probably excites uneasy sensations in some. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3

The game was finally discontinued, owing to a shortage of checkermen which they had secreted in their pockets, a fact which each one stoutly denied with many weird and rather indelicate vows. Biltmore Oswald The Diary of a Hapless Recruit

The reason is, that, as I have mentioned him in the enclosed pamphlet, it would look indelicate. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals

I hope you will be able to do this, as I should be very sorry to do any thing by him that may be deemed indelicate. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals

We have nothing like this at home, and as for writers who make a reader giggle almost indelicately often, where are they to be found? Lost Leaders

I have often," he said, "heard her allude to things and tell stories that would be considered unusual, even indelicate. Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College

Miss Betty and Miss Kitty would not for worlds have been so indelicate as to take this attention for granted, though it was a custom of many years' standing. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V

Such behaviour was not only exceedingly improper but also most inconsiderate, for the indelicate creature would certainly catch a chill, and then infect the entire party. The Enchanted April

Sir George has shewn the letter, a very indelicate one in my opinion, to my father and me; and has talked a great deal of nonsense on the subject. The History of Emily Montague

His profligacy is so gross, that his very name is indelicate in the mouth of a modest woman. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One

It would neither be proper nor prudent, and you surely would not be considered indelicate? Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One

"Oh dear yes, Mrs. Malt!" interrupted momma, who thought everything entomological extremely indelicate. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London')

They were, indeed, most indelicate in their habits, scattering on the table-cloth all their bones and parings. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions

In all my association with him, I never saw an indelicate act in his conduct, or heard an obscene word in his conversation. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest

Upon this the Parson's language became grossly indelicate, after the fashion of those days. Noughts and Crosses Stories, Studies and Sketches

He asked her a great many questions, some of which she thought indelicate. Joanna Godden

There are families who think it almost indelicate to talk about marriage as a thing actually in prospect for any of their own community. The Claverings

I'm not a female to fret and vex, But if I belonged to the sensitive sex, Exposed to all sorts of indelicate sounds, I wouldn't be deaf for a thousand pounds. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood

Mr. Clay thought it indelicate to do so. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest

Dancing, then, is indelicate where the women are depraved, and to this it must be added that the women are depraved where the men are indolent. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales

Any gross or indelicate language was called profane. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies

It is there thought not at all indelicate for a man to have several wives; but the bare thought of a woman having two husbands would excite horror. Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject.

In any case," he resumed, "'twould be indelicate to imply that her judgment of men, her confidence in any one, could have been mistaken. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces.

Among these will be found ideas, so indelicate, that notwithstanding the gloss, which wit and humour had put over them, the chaste ear could not but be offended by their recital. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1

He dimly comprehended, too, that her presence was an indelicate intrusion, but her intentions were so good! Sevenoaks

In 1647 he published Hesperides, a collection of small poems of great lyric beauty, Anacreontic, pastoral, and amatory, but containing much that is coarse and indelicate. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction

It is criminally indelicate to speak to you of this," he said, "but it was absolutely necessary. The Three Black Pennys A Novel

At length, provoked by this indelicate and vain obtrusion of compliments, he exclaimed, 'Dearest lady, consider with yourself what your flattery is worth, before you bestow it so freely.' Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings

They consider it as morally injurious; for toasts frequently excite and promote indelicate ideas, and thus sometimes interrupt the innocence of conversation. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1

There is no truth in the report that Tom Timkins intends resigning his seat at the apple-stall in the New Cut; and the rumours of a successor are therefore premature and indelicate. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841

Some pictures which are rather warmly colored and indelicate in our day were quite in keeping with the taste of that time, and gave greater effect to the moral lesson assigned to be taught. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction

“Very, very delicate, I can assure you,” said Julius, who, “laying the flattering unction to his soul” that he was the party alluded to, thought it rather an indelicate one. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 6, 1841,

Even Johnson, in his "London," has two or three passages which cannot be read aloud, and Addison's "Drummer" some indelicate allusions. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals

Toasts both illiberal and indelicate, are at length introduced; and he has no alternative but that of bearing the banter, or quitting the room. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1

Forgive me if I hurt you, if it seem indelicate to speak of love at the very moment when you are happy in your liberty. Unleavened Bread

On my asking the reason of so severe a treatment, we were informed, that he had been discovered in a situation rather indelicate, with a woman who was taboo'd. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time

But when he was once safely dead she worshipped his memory with an ardour which would have seemed to her indelicate had he been still alive. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage

Her speech implied that her mistress's conduct had been not only indelicate but clumsy. Hocken and Hunken

The mutineers were nearly all private chauffeurs in the employ of the personages to whom they sent this indelicate ultimatum. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference

Nor have I the indelicate wish to close the dreary ceremony of a State prosecution with a vain display of words. The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848

Ho, ho, ho!—you indelicate creature,—why, my dear Rodolpha—ha, ha, ha! what are you talking about? The Man of the World (1792)

They are often coarse, but never vulgar; they are indelicate, but they are not impudent. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations

"Perhaps you are already in love with some one else—perhaps you imagine that you may win young Palmer, upon whom you so indelicately forced your society at Hazeldean," she snapped. True Love's Reward

It looked so kind of indelicate seeing an empty dress hung up there that every soul in town knew belonged to me. Somewhere in Red Gap

The poor child thought her point must now be indelicately plain, but the lips of Doctor Queed merely emitted another close-clipped: "Proceed." Queed

A gaudy fresco, representing some indelicate female deity, adorned the front of the fire-place, which sloped expanding from the ceiling and terminated at the mouth without a mantel-piece. Italian Journeys

The audience laughed at every indelicate artifice of the libertine, and screamed when the demure maiden let fall certain remarks which bore a double significance. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance

In his eyes she had shown herself not only reckless and treacherous, but indelicate, vulgar, capable of besmirching the most sacred and intimate of relations. The Marriage of William Ashe

单词	indelicate
例句	indelicate “Speaking of swimming,” said Mack to fill in the indelicate place in the conversation and to shut Jones up. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The festival is what is sometimes indelicately called a meat market. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The fat man exploded with such an exceedingly indelicate phrase that my stomach lurched. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z "He was so dead tired, he didn't hear the burglars when they broke in. They stole us blind. They even stole my shoes and my under—" The grandmother remembers it is indelicate to say so. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z And there was another pause while everyone tried to comfort Queen Neferbeth, who got all upset when Ramose spoke indelicately about “taking out the guts.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Pita took it and blew her nose into it indelicately. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Unpleasant. Extremely unpleasant. Even when you know he’ll do the same to you, it’s still a very indelicate thing to do.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It was indicated that they were indelicate, some even said obscene. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I finally made it to the landing and, with one final indelicate grunt, pulled the trunk onto it after me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She then explains, somewhat indelicately, that she uses the bathroom in the morning, like most women: “Oops, sorry!” T Magazine: Grey Matter 2011-04-11T13:00:52Z Their arrivals were announced loudly, even a bit indelicately: The concerto had clarity and crowd-pleasing excitement, but also lapses in sensitivity and shape. Review: Two Artists Arrive at the Philharmonic, Loudly 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z She was barefoot, but her feet — her only indelicate feature — were as big and battered as shoes. Personal Journeys: In West Africa, a Dollar and a Meal 2013-05-06T21:58:34Z However, not wishing to pursue the indelicate task of collecting further data, I will confine my analysis to the already collected sample from the laughing subject. Passing gas is an art and science 2012-08-23T00:00:00Z On Saturday night, it mounted a peculiar double bill of Purcell's delicate "Dido and Aeneas" and Bartók's indelicate "Bluebeard's Castle." L.A. Opera goes cutting edge in double bill of Purcell, Bartók 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Elegantly written and hilariously astute, this gloriously indelicate history suggests that women’s infatuation with evangelicalism has been a bad romance indeed. The Love Triangle That Caused a Religious Panic 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z And then there’s the indelicate but inevitable question: How much money changed hands at the fair in 2015? Seattle Art Fair draws crowds, excitement — and a touch of ambivalence 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z At the risk of sounding indelicate, I ask Nanjiani how long after Gordon’s recovery did they start considering their joint trauma as material. Kumail Nanjiani: 'For a long time, there was one famous American brown actor' 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Among other topics, Hanks made Young laugh as he explained his indelicate rewriting of the script of Sleepless in Seattle, where he plays a widower whose son tries to find him a new wife. Tom Hanks speaks of lonely childhood in emotional Desert Island Discs 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z That account, and that indelicate term, quickly went viral. On the Road: Screening Protests Grow as Holiday Crunch Looms 2010-11-16T21:17:00Z His gestures and facial expressions are more vulnerable than his often indelicate subject matter might suggest. Glenn Ligon takes apart a Richard Pryor performance 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Cassandra Wilson, a singer who is not known for indelicate music, put on a bright red electric guitar on Sunday night and played a loud, dissonant solo — gestural, atmospheric, raw, tentative and interestingly brave. Music Review: Electric Blues From Cassandra Wilson and Black Sun 2014-03-19T19:00:31Z And indelicate replacement of the beating foot. some piano players were good at stomping as well. With James Levine Fired, Should We Rethink Maestro Worship? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Many of the golfers say they embrace that importance, too, even if they have indelicately nicknamed one eight-foot mound “Big Chief.” A Push to Move the Golf Course Atop a Native American ‘Stonehenge’ 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z Given some recent indelicate publicity surrounding his girlfriend Kristen Stewart, he could have been forgiven for choosing to forgo his media obligations. Robert Pattinson's press gigs include ice cream, cereal and not much else 2012-08-15T17:59:48Z Tell the mayor, a worker recalled Trump snarling in so many indelicate words, that he could shove that tree into a part of his anatomy otherwise unaccustomed to harboring vegetation. Trump left his mark all over New York. Some in the city would like to erase it. 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Since the 1960s, he’s made rude, indelicate paintings that have agitated and mostly torched any idea of good taste and taken Cubism to unhinged extremes. Peter Saul Doesn’t Want Any Advice 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Almost every actor in it outplays the material they're working with, particularly Jason Bateman. would be worth seeing if only for the pleasure of watching him delicately bat indelicate comedy around. Horrible Bosses. So-So Movie. Excellent Jason Bateman! 2011-07-07T12:25:00Z From its playfully inventive opening to its flash-forward finale, Thomas Hardiman’s wild — and wildly impressive — first feature, set during a British regional hairdressing competition, is a proudly indelicate, painstakingly structured pleasure. ‘Medusa Deluxe’ Review: Curl Up and Die 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Taxi aptly, though indelicately, refers to renting her — on the meter — not unlike cab fare. On paying for it: Ten cents a dance (adjusted for inflation) 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Regain your composure and maybe even, if you’re a halfway decent actor, pass off your indelicate intertwining as a more chaste entanglement, by… Every mistake I’ve made in bed — and why there’s no reason to be shamed by any of them 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z He then began pulling stops with the indelicate gusto of a noisy motorcycle racing up Pacific Coast Highway. A protean John Zorn musical marathon at LACMA and UCLA 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Many of the actors, too, appear to have lost their way in the production’s indelicate camp. Review: In ‘Persuasion,’ How to Lose Lovers and Influence People 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z An indelicate visual metaphor, perhaps, but the writer-director Adam Kalderon nonetheless renders his film “The Swimmer” with style and rich psychology. ‘The Swimmer’ Review: Tough Competition, In and Out of the Pool 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z But in her first book, she paints even more indelicate pictures, in every shade of blue. Review \| Ali Wong’s hilarious oversharing continues — this time in book form 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z And yet – if we may pose the question indelicately – was the passing of the sausage in the other direction? Pamela Anderson and Julian Assange: friends with vegan benefits 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z This production then reads as an indelicate transcription, because Brecht may be stone cold, but that doesn’t mean his work lacks spark. ‘Mother Courage’ Review: Selling Her Wares Amid the Havoc of War 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z By the end, one of the few things that seems certain is that nearly everyone who comes into contact with the raw mammoth material appears remarkably indelicate with it. ‘Genesis 2.0’ Review: How to Clone a Mammoth 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z But American leadership — and life in general — is an indelicate balance between wisdom and passion, experience and potential, institutions and rebellions. Joe Biden, 78, will lead an American gerontocracy 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Thus, we are introduced to figures such as Void, Screech, and the indelicate Reflux, whose party trick is to disgorge what can only be construed as a lava barf. “Incredibles 2,” Reviewed: A Sequel in the Shadow of a Masterwork 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z He “loved us in the way that only a sick man can love anybody: indelicately,” Silva says. Unhappy Families Abound in These New Books About Fathers and Sons 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Machine-gun beats and speeding guitars unite in a deafening call around Jourgensen who, dressed like a voodoo priest turned scout leader in top hat, dreads and shorts, tears through the song with his indelicate roar. Ministry – review 2012-07-24T17:00:01Z That's my uncharitable opinion of Joan Rivers, formed over four decades, starting with dreading her indelicate turns standing in for the sublimely urbane Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show in the 1980s. Joan Rivers: Beneath the Mask 2010-06-10T23:55:00Z The less exciting powers are often comic in their own right, such as one character’s ability to produce 3-D copies, laboriously and indelicately, from his own body. ‘Extraordinary’ Review: The Power of Powerlessness 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z “No,” a man answers, their exchange punctuated — and seemingly contradicted — by a drop of blood blooming indelicately on a white sheet. Mathieu Amalric Takes On ‘The Blue Room’ 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Sometimes he just stands and watches, absorbed in the action, some of it his wife's indelicate carrying on. A passionate Sellars-Rattle triumph with Bach's 'St. Matthew' 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z There’s an entire industry dedicated to the afterlife of what are indelicately referred to as “murder houses.” ‘Murder houses’: The haunting final chapter in true-crime stories 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z The dialogue interaction between the characters is indelicate, politically incorrect and sometimes they want to strangle each other. To Catch a Thief (or a Murderer) 2011-02-25T19:44:54Z Mr. Glaser, friends with Mr. Vignelli since the 1960s, brought up an indelicate point. Scene City: Happy (Helvetica) 80th for a Designer 2011-01-13T00:30:18Z “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” with its racially indelicate portrayals of black people in the form of the Skids and Mudflap characters, was an easy fix: I took away the film. A Father Confronts His ‘Spider-Verse’ Problem 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z "The nag factor is what drives those kind of movies," a studio executive mused, a bit indelicately. Family flicks firing up summer box office 2010-07-13T05:31:00Z Andrew: We joked that we were both eating messy foods that meant indelicate table manners — me with fried chicken, her with the pasta with shrimp in it. Date Lab: These two were in full flirt 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Both the woman and the man are transformed by love, and though it might seem indelicate to mention, the money factors in. 'Sound of Music,' 'Pretty Woman' heroines so similar, yet so different 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Klapisch lingers his camera lovingly over shots of grapes being harvested and stomped, all the while employing story mechanics and flashbacks indelicate enough to suggest the churn of a factory juicer. Review: ‘Back to Burgundy,’ a Lightheaded Ode to Winemaking 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z In a statement last week about her Twitter comments, Grundy said, “I regret that my personal passion about issues surrounding these events led me to speak about them indelicately.” When “harshtags” backfire: Mocking #whitegirltears and joking #killallwhitemen stir up more university debate 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z It’s not the first time a Bank of England official has been criticized for indelicate suggestions on how to hold down inflation. The U.K. Needs to Realize It’s Gotten Poorer, a Central Banker Says 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Forgive his indelicate language; do not forgive those who resent the fact that the Masterman School once was a rake. Opinion \| Another revered high school sacrifices excellence on the altar of DEI 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z But he also found Comer’s bill too indelicate, failing to include any directives for federal agencies to develop public health safeguards or policies, or any acknowledgment the pandemic was still happening. Odd bedfellows: Norton backs Comer bill returning federal workers to office 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z It’s almost an abrupt, indelicate retort to Ingres’ laborious refinement. Review: Picasso season arrives in L.A. with two smashing museum shows 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z The government said that the spokesman, Mathias Gillmann, had made "indelicate and inappropriate" statements which contributed to the tensions between the population and MONUSCO. Congo expels U.N. peacekeeping mission spokesman after protests 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Each morning inside a cavernous hall, reporters from outlets outside China pepper the International Olympic Committee spokesman with often indelicate questions about what is awry. At Beijing Press Conferences, the Questions Tell Their Own Story 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z And as indelicate as it is to mention this, it's important to note that California has a Democratic Senator who is 88 years old. California's recall scare: Republicans put their anti-democratic plan to the test 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z “It seems indelicate and insensitive to talk about the use of the property other than a memorial,” said state Sen. Jason Pizzo, a Democrat who represents the Surfside area. Florida town weighs how to honor lost souls at ‘holy site’ 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z The Senate’s rank and file ultimately had enough of it, with the release of the indelicate details of the incident - leading to what was essentially a mutiny. Editorial Roundup: Kansas 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z I was aware of Vladimir Nabokov’s distain for “Crime and Punishment” and Anton Chekhov’s impatience with Dostoevsky‘s “long-winded” and “indelicate” prose. Commentary: Times are bad, so keep your uplift. Give me 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The Godfather' 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z As a pugnacious and showboating mayor in the 1990s, Mr. Giuliani personified New York’s blunt and indelicate ideal; he also presided over one of the most racially fraught chapters in the city’s history. In Trump’s Gilded Beltway, Rudy Giuliani Finds a Potent Reward: Relevance 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Moreover, there were drunken brawls, curses, “indelicate threatenings” and regular violent clashes on city streets, some involving women. Review \| Familiar story of the Boston Massacre becomes familial 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z I recall this because it was the first and only time I ever heard my father use an indelicate word. Opinion \| America, your injustice is showing 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z Hillary Clinton, still campaigning hard against Mr. Obama in late May of 2008, mused about how uncertain the race was, indelicately recalling that Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in June of the year he ran. Hello, What’s This? The Democrats Aren’t in Disarray 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Rather, Emma calls herself “improper, inconsiderate, indelicate, irrational, unfeeling, vain and arrogant.” Review \| Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’ gets a smart, stylish rendering in Autumn de Wilde’s feature debut 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z But pretty much everything else Wright said was truthful, if indelicate. ABC's David Wright told the truth about network news and Trump — and paid the price 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z It can seem indelicate to review the worst part of someone’s life in the hours after his death. Perspective \| A single action should not define Kobe Bryant. Nor should it be forgotten. 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Alden’s original inspiration, he says in the program notes, was the famous gold-laced bathroom in a certain Manhattan tower and its indelicately boastful occupant. Review: Philharmonia Baroque delivers Handel and myth for our sexually fluid, #MeToo times 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z And, not to be indelicate about this, but what are you supposed to do when you need the toilet? The wearable LEX chair lets you sit where you want – but will it catch on? 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Romantic subplots are indelicate, and shared grief arrives with less trauma. Review \| ‘It Chapter Two’ proves more isn’t always more when it comes to horror sequels 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z At the risk of seeming indelicate, it should be obvious that unlike egg donors, under normal circumstances, sperm donors don’t have to undergo an invasive surgical procedure or self-administer daily injections of hormones. Column: Paying women to donate their eggs for research is still a terrible idea 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Gary Ross, chief executive of Black Gold Investors, said that even if it was “indelicate” for Saudi Arabia to let Putin announce the deal, it showed the changing oil market dynamics. Under pressure from Trump, OPEC embraces Putin 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z But the narrator, thrilled and terrified by the prospect of committing to an entity who cogitates “a million times faster” than he can imagine, can’t help but pose “the indelicate question.” Man, Woman, and Robot in Ian McEwan’s New Novel 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z When they do reach relatives, their approach is sometimes indelicate, causing families to delay signing consent forms or to refuse to sign them altogether. Underperforming in New York: Nonprofit struggles to recover transplantable organs 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z A little rambling and indelicate, maybe, but it was pretty clear he was referring to cultural differences, despite his clumsy choice of words, which clearly do exist and are not at all a bad thing. James Dyson: ‘The Public Wants to Buy Strange Things’ 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z She was earthy and indelicate, not remotely shy; friends came easily, and she leaned on their approval. Opinion \| She reported her rape. Her hometown turned against her. Can justice ever be served? Reared in New York’s indelicate political culture, Trump does not like to appear meek, using rallies and his Twitter account to lacerate rivals. From Kellyanne Conway to Stephen Miller, Trump’s advisers face taunts from hecklers around D.C. 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Because 100 percent is all the percent available, Sullivan shared those thoughts with the officiating crew, perhaps a bit indelicately. Perspective \| With a bit of luck — and a lot of Braden Holtby — the Capitals tie up the series 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z In any event, to criticize "Death Wish" for its indelicate timing would be to suggest that there might ever be an appropriate moment to see it. Bruce Willis takes aim and misfires in an imbecilic 'Death Wish' remake 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z A little rambling and indelicate, maybe, but it was pretty clear he was referring to cultural differences, despite his clumsy choice of words, which clearly do exist and are not at all a bad thing. James Dyson: ‘The Public Wants to Buy Strange Things’ 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z An invitation to try bobsled could come with an indelicate implication: that the athlete in question needs a secondary route to the Olympics because she couldn’t make it in her chosen sport. Elana Meyers Taylor, one of the world’s top women’s bobsledders, is looking for the next one 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z His point, however indelicately: Dire spot for us? Perspective \| The Nationals put out a casting call for a hero, and Bryce Harper answered 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z He may be a tactless, indelicate grump, but — to borrow a slogan from Barry Goldwater — in your heart, you know he’s right. 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' is back and so is Larry David, TV's greatest philosopher 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z It was one more indelicate phrase at the end of a week with too many, but at least he had a point. Tim Howard is an increasingly outdated frontman for MLS 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Put indelicately, he collected hundreds of pounds of dreck — sludge from drains, gutters and downspouts, the dregs of civilization that most people try to avoid. Flecks of Extraterrestrial Dust, All Over the Roof 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z He’s right that in America of late, there’s too much policing of indelicate and injurious language and too little recognition that the wages of fully open debate are ugly words and hurt feelings. Milo, a brat in the Trump mold 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Some social-media users said the timing of the video’s release, one week after a U.S. military Osprey aircraft crash-landed off Okinawa, setting off anti-American protests, was indelicate. Caroline Kennedy goes viral in Japan embassy staff’s goofy Christmas video 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z Some social media users said the timing of the video’s release, one week after an American military Osprey aircraft crash-landed off Okinawa, setting off anti-American protests, was indelicate. Caroline Kennedy Dances in a Christmas Video, and Japan Can’t Get Enough 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z We are the losers in a modern game in which only “smart people”, as Trump indelicately put it, know the rules. As Donald Trump made clear, smart businesses know only idiots pay tax 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z His indelicate language and behavior associated him with the common man, which was considered a negative. Donald Trump, Turkey, Roger Ailes: Your Wednesday Briefing 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z While Republicans often run on law-and-order themes, an indelicate approach could carry considerable danger at a moment of such unusual political instability. On Eve of G.O.P. Convention, Law and Order Takes the Floor 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z Here the honoree was Prince, whose legacy was handled indelicately only last month on the Billboard Music Awards, where Madonna sang a shaky “Nothing Compares 2 U” that epitomized the hollow pageantry of its kind. Passion, politics and Prince: How the BET Awards captured a moment 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Hutchins is often irreverent, sometimes irritable and indelicately vigilant about shoplifting. Wartime Memories in Miniature 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z The group also offers “delicately-designed indelicate quotes,” of Mr. Trump’s offensive comments against women in the form of pretty, shareable Internet cards. Women’s group pushes no sex for Trump supporters campaign 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z “It was thought that it was sort of an invasion of privacy to show Washington’s teeth, and that it was indelicate.” What Bizarre Relics Tell Us About Presidents’ Lives When audiences were introduced to Olivia, she was a tough-talking business owner with connections in high places and an ability to extricate the rich and powerful from indelicate situations. On ‘Scandal,’ Olivia’s new red leather trenchcoat means everything you think it does 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z But increasingly, that message is too indelicate for our ears. Malls of America: They may masquerade as public spaces — but they just want us to shop 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z His indelicate wife, Grace, 50, a pampered shopper turned political attack dog, might even succeed him. Vuvuzelas, Pistorius and Mugabe’s warped rule: my six years in Africa 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Substantive issues like how there’s a secret media plot to get Democrats elected by indelicately pointing out that Republicans frequently don’t seem to know what they are talking about. GOP lets the media have it: Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio beat “liberal media” myth 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Over the radio, more indelicate words were exchanged. Oversize trucks line up to deliver big payloads to New York 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z They have a certain set of expectations, unwritten rules and ways of doing things that Trump keeps flouting in the most indelicate of ways. Donald Trump Is Not Going Anywhere 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Part of it’s the B-movie ghetto of the genre itself; part of it’s the indelicate work of plumbing the subconscious. Remembering Wes Craven, the horror master that got into our heads 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Then there was the indelicate matter of the millions of pounds of manure accumulating in the city’s streets and stables daily. New York Today: Planes, Trains and Automobiles 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Grundy then released a statement saying she regretted that her “personal passion” allowed her to speak about important issues “indelicately.” Saida Grundy, Boston U. professor, accused of taunting white rape victim: ‘Go cry somewhere’ 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z “I regret that my personal passion about issues surrounding these events led me to speak about them indelicately,” she said in a statement. Black professor regrets comments critical of white students 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z The attacks last month were indelicate and relatively easily traced back to China, so it was likely that officials there were sending a signal with the new weapon, Cook says. China's 'Great Cannon' Redirects U.S. Traffic for Censorship 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z It is at least indelicate to be saying this to a sitting president. President Obama Channels His Inner Ferris Bueller With Executive Action On Taxes 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Nearly a dozen 2016 hopefuls are arriving here Saturday for what the political class indelicately terms a “cattle call.” Republicans Set Up Shop in Iowa, Where Few Will Prosper 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z That scene has generated substantial outrage across the internet, with many TV critics and feminist advocates panning Sorkin’s indelicate handling of such a sensitive and highly charged topic. 'Newsroom' campus rape episode generates controversy 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z The former president’s indelicate comments caused her some anxiety in 2008. For Hillary Clinton, the Right Time to Get Ready 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z Instead, we should try harm reduction: Phone makers should build their products with the expectation that lots of us will take indelicate photos of ourselves and our loved ones. Taking a Naked Selfie? Your Phone Should Step In to Protect You 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z This isn’t the first time Arkin has broached the indelicate subject. Are Child Sex-Robots Inevitable? 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Second, the way this conversation is constructed black women are intrinsically indelicate, which means in this context unfeminine and unworthy of protection. White racism won’t just die off: No utopia awaits when retrograde attitudes like Donald Sterling and Cliven Bundy’s are gone 2014-04-29T11:45:00Z Republican efforts to attract women voters also continue to be complicated by indelicate rhetoric. Analysis: For U.S. Republicans, political makeover has few changes 2014-01-24T00:41:32Z They capitalize on views of Central Park — “the money shot,” in the indelicate phrase of Carol Willis, director of the Skyscraper Museum — over which these buildings will cast long, literal shadows. Critic’s Notebook: Seeing a Need for Oversight of New York’s Lordly Towers 2013-12-23T01:31:03Z The White House has delicately nudged Karzai in the press, but the Obama administration would rarely say something so indelicate about someone as mercurial as Karzai. Obama's Dissenting New Adviser 2013-12-10T17:05:22Z Others are not so sure: London fears that its slice of the transport pie will be trimmed indelicately enough to jeopardise tube upgrades and other plans to keep the growing population moving. Google takes on Apple: and only the phones may know what will happen 2013-06-01T23:06:06Z But they continue to resonate because they allow us to tell indelicate truths about America’s continually reinscribed and remixed disdain for black life and possibility. White racism won’t just die off: No utopia awaits when retrograde attitudes like Donald Sterling and Cliven Bundy’s are gone 2014-04-29T11:45:00Z Without being indelicate, your systems were all working through the night and they need to complete their cycles. 3 Ways to Start Every Day Better 2013-05-29T14:20:00Z “Sometimes the small, precious thing really is better in larger, if indelicate hands.” Does Selling Out to Avis Represent Success for ZipCar? Failure? Something Else? 2013-01-03T14:17:43Z The page consists of screenshots of messages sent to Gina by its fans asking questions about anything, which are always answered in a sarcastic, sometimes indelicate way. How a 65-Year-Old Toothpick Brand Became A Surprising (And Profitable) Facebook Marketing Stunt 2012-08-27T19:50:32Z Mr. Horn reluctantly left Warner Brothers last year — indelicately squeezed out to make room for a new generation of managers. Media Decoder Blog: Alan Horn Is Named Head of Disney Studios 2012-05-31T20:04:28Z It is a new existence on horseback, and nothing indelicate about it, clad as I have named. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z They certainly can be made very indelicate; so can any dance, and the French cancan proves that the quadrille is no safer in this respect than the waltz. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z In truth, Lothaire himself provoked the intervention of the clergy, by causing Theutberga to appear before a tribunal of bishops, in order to undergo their indelicate interrogatories. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z We would not permit a foreigner to interfere with our institutions—it was offensive, indelicate, impertinent. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z And yet the article itself is far more indelicate than any dance or any dress, or even lack of dress. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Manning tried to sidestep the indelicate question of what Peyton’s future holds, then responded under pressure. Eli Manning talks Peyton, elite status with David Letterman 2012-02-07T14:54:00Z But quite unpardonable are those men whom one sometimes meets, who, standing in a door-way, talk and laugh as they would in a barrack or college-rooms, always coarsely, often indelicately. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Miss Toller thought this information a trifle indelicate, but made no comment on it, except the tacit one of leaving her oysters untasted. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z He also used another phrase, a rather indelicate one, to evaluate his performance on national TV. Tom Brady on first Giants-Patriots Super Bowl: ?I still can?t watch highlights? 2012-01-23T17:42:04Z The local opinion was that if a woman had a head, she could not have a heart; and as to having a body—it was indelicate to consider such a thing. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z It will be noticed, that the Hindoos express androgyneity quite as conspicuously, but generally much less indelicately, than the Grecian artists. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z To hint at a future payment is still more indelicate. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z When Sa'-zada had stopped the indelicate scolding of the two Birds Myna proceeded to tell of his life. The Sa'-Zada Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:18.457Z Mother removed the filthy shirt and the tattered knickerbockers with uncompromising but not indelicate hands. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z She had mapped out a brilliant future for them in which Morgan Bros, played no part; and she considered it indelicate on Edward’s side to upset her plans by marrying—at his time of life. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z The original is too indelicate to be represented fully. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z To allow him to do so, would on your part be very mean and indelicate, and on his very foolish. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z The opposition in South America usually refrain from voting: indeed, it is considered almost indelicate for outsiders to interfere in a matter so strictly official as an election. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z To this indelicate and unfeeling remark Adeline vainly endeavoured to reply; but, starting from her chair, she paced the room in violent agitation. Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter 2011-11-04T02:00:17.120Z Apropos of honour, let me close the window; what Gustav and Jett� have to talk about is nothing to me--it would be very indelicate to play the listener--wounding to my better feelings. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z A few respectable Hindoo ladies have of late years begun to put an unghia or corset over their bodies, but still the under vestment is shamefully indelicate. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z In the overflow of gratitude she may speak of it to others, but for you to mention it would be ungenerous and indelicate in the extreme. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z The Devil, assuming the shape of a charming woman, once made indelicate proposals to him. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z "Henri's conduct is indelicate"-- "What matters it, when I do not love him?" The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z That’s the primary concern of the Obama political team, which is why they have — indelicately — vowed to demolish the former Massachusetts governor. Letter From Washington: Obama's Best Weapon: The Republicans 2011-10-03T10:40:27Z That’s the primary concern of the Obama political team, which is why they have -- indelicately -- vowed to demolish the former Massachusetts governor. Republican Purity Test May Be Obama’s Top Asset: Albert R. Hunt 2011-10-02T15:23:01Z It's very indelicate, I own; very rude, I acknowledge; but, I should imagine, it can hardly be the first time that you have been so good as to pardon a little rudeness. The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z The community and each member of it are spiritual brides of Christ, and the marriage relation and begetting of children were set forth and spiritualized in a singularly indelicate manner. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Stubbs could better have parried a less indelicate, a less childish thrust; as it was, he reached for his hat. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z It was a little indelicate, he considered, that any mother should try to secure a husband for her daughter. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z But at last, driven at bay, her heart bruised by the other's indelicate curiosity, Jane said slowly, "I dare say I'm foolish—but I would rather not talk about it, Athena." Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z No doubt the form is an extraordinary comfort, for the thoughts are often, as thoughts so widely spread could not fail to be, the very thoughts that are too frequently expressed rudely, crudely, indelicately. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z "All right then," said Sell�n, resolved not to embarrass his friend by asking indelicate questions. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Here there is, on the one hand, a restraint that is ludicrous, and, on the other hand, a familiarity that is indelicate. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z Marriage was the one subject of all others he considered it indelicate to dwell upon. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z If you are a cucumber, you are a very indelicate cucumber. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Was it not indelicate and selfish to gratify his own longing at the price of deeply and painfully stirring up his friend's heart? The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z “Or anything half so indelicate as this plantain bush?” asked Nyoda, busily grubbing weeds. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z In the present state of society we see that realised in the men and women who crowd our music-halls, and revel in the songs the most improper, and in the dances the most indelicate. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z The women were half ashamed, yet more than half stirred and excited by the outcry, which was true enough if indelicate. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z It isn’t the least indelicate—after the first shock.” The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z The wife of Bath is every whit as indelicate. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z "I am a new member, and my position under you is so well known that it would be very indelicate in me to appear in the matter." The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z “Here’s a chance for you, ma’am,” “Lots of ’usbands to be had,” and so on, in a way which she seemed to feel—and I quite understood her feelings—was singularly indelicate. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z Heaven forbid that anything so unwomanly and indelicate as this should come upon me. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z It has been thought surprising that a learned audience could have endured some of the indelicate scenes. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z "I think it is very indelicate of Mrs. Mowbray; and Rotha is welcome to tell her I say so," Mrs. Busby uttered with some discomposure. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z It is a desperate enterprise, and would be both rash and indelicate if the mercifulness of it did not demand the sacrifice. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z There may be some who think that it is almost indelicate to discuss such a subject as the possible fallibility of the higher judiciary. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z Just as Glenn Beck indelicately declared that Obama had an instinctive hatred of white people, birthers divorced him from his mother’s family. Is Obama "American" enough for the far right now? 2011-05-04T14:45:00Z Suppress a truth, and you suggest a lie; and a lie so suggested is the most “indelicate” of cruelties possible to inflict on the dead. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z Only the fear of being thought indelicate prevents my discussing further this curious phenomenon. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z As to her antecedents, she herself never referred to the subject, and no one was ever indelicate enough to ask her. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z Her nose was straight and well shaped, but almost indelicately large. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z “There, now, don’t read it here before all the people; they’ll think it mighty indelicate in me to make an appointment.” Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z I might get better exchange elsewhere; and second, I have overdrawn him damnably, and he might be indelicate enough to expect payment. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z He told Mrs. H. that it was extremely indelicate, and desired that she would return home forthwith, and he would follow her in a few minutes. Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' 2011-04-08T02:00:09.863Z It seemed to her to be a little indelicate perhaps to look at a fairly young man in a mirror, while you were doing your hair. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z The work of “taking the measure” having been completed, Miss Furguson, already suffering from the indelicate treatment she had received, was then allowed to rise, and again ordered to divest herself of her clothes. The Nation's Peril Twelve Years' Experience in the South 2011-03-17T02:00:12.580Z "Oh, you over-sensitive man!" cried she, with her loud, indelicate sympathy. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z "A rather indelicate allusion on your part," growls the captain, whose brown cheeks had flushed at his wife's words. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z It would surely be possible to allow him to read her heart, without any indelicate frankness on her part. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z How indelicate it was to reproach Anna with her age! Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z Everything I tried to put on paper seemed to me so terribly indelicate and rough, and so I determined to tell the mother. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z "Pray stop, James," said I; "this is scarcely a fitting matter for coarse jesting, nor is my heart to be made the theme for indelicate banter." The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Of course the poor fellow has suffered considerably from the disappointment, nor are his better feelings alleviated by the—I will say—very indelicate raillery papa is pleased to indulge in on the subject. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z "You would be indelicate enough to say to him what you have said to me!" she burst out. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z Into his private life we feel that, under present circumstances, it would be indelicate, as well as out of place, to enter. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z You are really indelicate, standing staring at the children, when you must see that they are longing to kiss each other. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z They were written mainly to provide pure language and thought for fine melodies of Scotland composed long before his time; but the words of the songs that were sung to them were indelicate. The Real Robert Burns 2011-02-18T03:00:20.253Z It seems an indelicate thing for a lady to speak of to a gentleman. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z I consider such exercises exceedingly indelicate for a young lady. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z This unprincipled adventurer, even before Catherine’s death in September 1548, paid indelicate attentions to Elizabeth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z It is even considered a little indelicate to remain in the post-office when a telegram is being handed in. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z He wrote two hundred and fifty love-songs, and only three or four contain indelicate references; even these were not considered improper in his time. The Real Robert Burns 2011-02-18T03:00:20.253Z It might possibly seem a little indelicate, a little inconsiderate of Doris, in case the young gentleman had not named another time. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Never hint that you deem such a favor an obligation to be returned at the first opportunity; although this may really be the case, it is extremely indelicate to say so. 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 To her it seemed almost indelicate to remind her of that day when she had forgiven. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z If I were suggesting something indelicate and incompatible with your honour, I could understand your scruples. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z It was also urged that it was indelicate and unwomanly for the gentler sex to engage in the healing art, and that, for their own good, they should be excluded from it at all costs. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Miss Judy blushed and showed how shocked she was at such loud and indelicate mention of such an intimate article of clothing. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Avoid lounging attitudes, they are indelicate, except in your own private apartment. 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 He looked upon himself as very upright, and, yielding to an irresistible impulse to unbosom himself, ingenuously told his friends about certain indelicate acts of which he had been guilty. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z It was evidently not the idea which shocked him, so much as the indelicate expression of it. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z "It seems," he would say, "everybody can tell at a glance that you are no lady; otherwise you would not be the object of such a number of indelicate attentions." The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z That small gentlewoman herself, naturally, never dreamt of doing anything so indelicate as to look behind the gooseberry bushes while the clothes were in the tubs or the kettle or drying on the line. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z To us in our fine raiment and soft manners it seems indelicate. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z It's all too awkward, too indelicate, too personal. Students form bond with family of a cadaver donor 2010-09-13T22:51:00Z It seemed indelicate, unfeeling, a desecration of sacred things. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z The unlikely contenders are officially called Tour hostesses but more commonly, and somewhat indelicately, are known as podium girls. At Taxing Tour de France, a Battle of Beauty 2010-07-24T19:15:00Z More than a few friends and family members suggested indelicately that my problems were all in my head, or worse still, that I was simply seeking attention. For a Celiac Sufferer, a New Mystery Illness 2010-07-20T17:05:00Z They assume responsibility for collecting on their loans -- at times indelicately, authorities say. Special report: High-rollers, triads and a Las Vegas giant 2010-03-29T14:37:00Z In Florida in January, he took in a martial arts show and responded to heckling by Dolphins fans by making an indelicate gesture, for which he was fined $50,000 by the league. Sports of The Times: Jets? Ryan Tackles Weight Problem With Bariatric Surgery 2010-03-16T02:00:00Z "Dear me, yes!—life is indelicate enough anyway, without our encouragement, isn't it?" murmured Joan. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z He carefully excluded all libelling and personal abuse; but what would now be considered indelicate jests were not infrequent. The True Benjamin Franklin If the ladies will excuse its being a little indelicate. Lady Maude's Mania Therefore not only avoid all indelicate expressions, but appear not to understand any that may be uttered in your presence. A Hand-book of Etiquette for Ladies “I may be wrong,” she said, “but I have always felt that it was indelicate to allow one’s self to care for a gentleman.” The Master's Violin To have any one show interest in what I do is a new experience, and I hesitate for fear I may be indelicate. The Bachelors A Novel The indelicate, the ignominious course of a trial at law, with all its shocking exposure, would be worse than a thousand deaths! The Fortunes Of Glencore One could imagine that he found her modern directness of speech indelicate. The Missioner The impious toy was introduced to the Holy of Holies, and the Dalai Lama walked round it uneasily as it emitted the strains of English band music, and raucously repeated an indelicate Bhutanese song. The Unveiling of Lhasa "I'm not indelicate, Aunt Adelaide, I'm merely being accurate," said Patricia wearily. Patricia Brent, Spinster The judge then laughingly addressed an indelicate question to Samdadchiemba, who lowered his eyes and remained silent. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 But Griffith Gaunt was her old sweetheart; it seemed somewhat less strange and indelicate to go to him than to the new one. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 This reached to the waist where it met long hose of every scheme of colour—striped, dotted, divided in bands—everything—displaying the indelicate but universal pouch in front, tied with coloured ribbons. English Costume On consideration, even jumping to glory without a tambourine struck them as an indelicate method of reaching Paradise. Carnival He can think as highly as he likes, but his open-mouthed vehemence of adoration struck me almost as indelicate. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Perfectly groomed, impeccably dressed, smiling, vital, bronze-skinned, delicate, yet strong features; the kind of male who might be considered, Bowren thought, to be able to assert just the right degree of aggressiveness without being indelicate. Thy Name Is Woman You talk very strangely, very—indelicately, I must say. Lady Cassandra Besides these there are farces or farcical entertainments, more or less indelicate, of uncertain dates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" "Who is this person," asked I, haughtily, "who, with an indelicate generosity, has presumed to interfere with the concerns of a stranger?" A Day's Ride A Life's Romance The narrative, however, though possessing many merits, is too indelicate for latter-day taste even to be sketched in outline. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series "Princess Caroline had a tooth drawn—she sends it down to me by a page—nasty and indelicate." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 It sets historical truth at defiance, and is replete with coarse humor and indelicate wit. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Of late years there has become quite popular a prudish notion that it is indelicate to say leg when one of the limbs that supports the human body is meant, limb being preferred instead. Every-Day Errors of Speech She couldn't leave things like this, no matter how indelicate she might seem. Fidelity A Novel "We shall soon meet again, I hope," was the extent of promise I could obtain from him; and I saw that to press the matter further was both unfair and indelicate. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Their speech, however, was unrestrained, and they delighted in indelicate witticisms and doubles entendres. Greek Women There were those who considered it most indelicate under the circumstances that an unmarried woman should appear upon the scene even as a reader to an aging and broken man. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade "Mad as a March hare," is an indelicate term that should not be used on account of its origin. Every-Day Errors of Speech Intense demonstration was indelicate to her; she was that way, she had not been able to help it. Fidelity A Novel Neither indelicate exposure of the person in style of dress nor extravagance in dancing found favor at her hands. Women of England Most of the women have a great aversion to telling their own name, because it is considered a very indelicate thing for a married woman to mention her own name. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches The prelude and music is similar to that of fandangos, but the movements and motif are far more indelicate, and it is by no means a matter of difficulty to divine the meaning. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia The very use of the word limb indicates what is passing in the mind of the speaker—a thought of leg, an indelicate meaning attached to it, and a fear to speak the word. Every-Day Errors of Speech Will he think me forward or indelicate for it? A Rent In A Cloud On protecting her form as much as her indelicate disposition required—and that was not much—she flung the door open and savagely asked: "What's wanted?" The Spiritualists and the Detectives I would not be so indelicate; no indeed. Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier And again, "It wasn't gentlemanly in him to use an indelicate word about the baby." An Old Chester Secret Such witty, and innocent remark was thought indelicate by her lover, and it had nearly broken the match! Why a National Literature Cannot Flourish in the United States of North America The mythological articles have been prepared with great care, and are free from the indelicate allusions which have rendered some former works of this kind unfit to place in the hands of young persons. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 "And you, from your own feelings, avoid what is indelicate and impure in conversation, and yet feel it no restraint?" The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings “It is considered very unwomanly not to wear trousers, and very indelicate for a man not to have skirts to his coat.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" There was something almost indelicate in their merciless scrutiny. Aliens Some individuals were indelicate enough to hint that the pies were intended to propitiate us and prevent the plunder of the houses. History of Morgan's Cavalry Williams was a satirist of the old school, and the allusions made by some of the vendors render this otherwise interesting satire wantonly coarse and indelicate. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. I should give the sense of it—neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor indelicate jests. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings This is unjust, this is cruel," I exclaimed; "Alice herself is not more pure than I am from an indelicate thought, or an evil design. Ellen Middleton—A Tale Van Loon is very right in denouncing this same medal, so grossly flattering to the English, as most detestable and indelicate! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Amidst the bolted lightnings of that sublime denunciation, coarse thoughts, indelicate figures, indecent allusions, flash upon the sight, like gross imagery in a midnight landscape. Walt Whitman Yesterday and Today "As much as I hate to mention a matter so indelicate, I must, because it concerns us." The Co-Citizens But was I trespassing too indelicately on the subject of the late model cars or probing into a veiled past too transparently? The Land of Look Behind The reasons for divorce he felt should be extended to include things not generally reprehensible, and chivalrous people coming into court should be protected from the indelicate publicity of free reporting.... The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman Behind his impudent servility, behind the devotion which, with indelicate delicacy, he still forced on her attention, she divined the grossness of his nature. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Public prayers were said morning and evening; and, instead of profane or indelicate songs, nothing was heard but the psalms of David. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 O fye Seignior, how can you make use of so indelicate an Expression. The Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd Drawcansir It is always indelicate, and may be offensive. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order I remember the awkwardness I felt at these indelicate thrusts into topics I had come to regard as forbidden. The Passionate Friends Much more evidence of a similar kind was offered during the course of the trial, with details of a too indelicate character for reproduction concerning the search made on the women's bodies for devil's marks. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development Music-hall posters squall out: The passengers shrink together, I enter indelicately into all their souls. Some Imagist Poets An Anthology Not a single word that might shock the ear, no indelicate or inopportune compliment, no coarse jest, of the kind the Andalusians permit themselves so frequently to employ, does he ever indulge in. Pepita Ximenez Taught that education for her was indelicate and irreligious, she has been kept in such gross ignorance as to fall a prey to superstition, and to glory in her own degradation... Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures She felt, for the first time, in all its force, how wrong she was acting, how indelicate was her situation. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 I had frequently walked over these grounds, and seen evidences of what is both too indelicate and too horrible to be described. A Letter to Hon. Charles Sumner, with 'Statements' of Outrages upon Freedmen in Georgia Here is my haberdasher promenading in an indelicate costume as Bacchus; also a Diana, dressed up atrociously, who is really a waiter at a café. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study It was cruel of him, as well as vigorously indelicate. The Crimson Tide A Novel It has been said that the delicate and cultured women would shrink away, and the bold and indelicate come to the front in public affairs. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV She must not hurry him—that is very indelicate—she must wait. In Times Like These The Fox has many misdeeds on his conscience, but his conduct towards the Badger is peculiarly indelicate. The Industries of Animals Of course it would be indelicate, if not unfeeling, to ask her about it. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 The want of a husband!—I vow, you are monstrous indelicate, Miss Herald; I am afraid you are wandering from the paths of vartue, as dear good Mr. Gracely says. The Politician Out-Witted It's most indelicate, to be sure, but I laughed long and hard over the sexual specialty of my uncle, Archduke Karl Ludwig, who is bad, anyhow, as everybody knows. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess Reggie pulled off the coat, as if it burned him, and felt he had been perilously near to something very compromising and indelicate. In Times Like These To beat it up with the hand is an indelicate practice, as the butter cannot fail to imbibe the animal effluvia: a warm hand especially will soften it, and make it appear greasy. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families The resident at Frankfort was as stupid and clumsy as a German official can be, and managed the affair in a most rude and indelicate manner. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Of the message itself, he said that it was "as unexpected as its tone and tenor are improper and indelicate." James Madison Audrey is not the girl to propose anything so indelicate—so altogether wanting in propriety—as to thrust herself upon a man who very properly declines to marry her. Lover or Friend Rather an indelicate and unpleasant thought, too, for an "honest" woman to advertise so brazenly. In Times Like These Modesty has also the specific meaning of a sensitive shrinking from anything indelicate. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Instead of being crude, direct, indelicate, they were subtle and misleading. The Dust Flower Is it at all more indelicate for a woman to go to the polls, than it is for her to go to the court-house and pay her taxes? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III A particular box was allotted to this occasion, out of hearing of the lady of the bar, that the double entendres, which were sometimes very indelicate, might not offend her. All About Coffee "That is an exceedingly indelicate avowal!" she retorted. The Gay Rebellion It is a singular fact in the present age of the world, that delicate and indelicate subjects mean precisely the same thing. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans Miss Gordon would not have stooped to quote Shakespeare, considering him very irreligious and sometimes quite indelicate, and having forbidden the reading of him in the Gordon family. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Women brought their babies, and sat about on the stones suckling them and talking to the men—a proceeding which filled Beth with disgust, she thought it so peculiarly indelicate. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Some of the letters were frankly indelicate in their expression and, as the whole parish seethed with the scandal, the vicar appealed to the police for aid. Malcolm Sage, Detective With that remark I conclude my sketch of his character, feeling it indelicate to continue further. The Brothers Karamazov There is undoubtedly a great deal of indelicate writing in Fletcher and Massinger, and more than might be wished even in Ben Jonson and Shakespeare, who are comparatively pure. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) But men say it would be very indelicate for woman to go to the ballot-box or sit in the Legislature. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Osborne, too, is suitably rewarded; but as this game borders on the indelicate, it shall be nameless. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Of course a chaperone was in the party, but what an indelicate thing for the groom to know anything about the wedding clothes! A Portrait of Old George Town She would do nothing that could be thrown in her teeth; nothing that could be called unfeminine, indelicate, or undutiful. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite I see that Kate has been indelicate enough to tell you about our family affairs. Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy Taught that education for her was indelicate and irreligious, she has been kept in such gross ignorance as to fall a prey to superstition, and to glory in her own degradation. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Between his imperfect English, his delicate mode of expressing the indelicate, and his great charm, poor Mrs. Duveen found confusion, brewed tea and reported the conversation to her husband. The Orchard of Tears Angela’s personal things were taken into the more comfortable inner room, which boasted of a match-boarded wall—not to mention half a dozen rather indelicate prints tacked on to the same. Colorado Jim The question seemed at first blush a little indelicate. Punch or the London Charivari, September 9, 1914 The literature of the time, at least that portion of it which penetrated to ladies' chambers, was of an amorous, and too frequently of an indelicate character. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 It is too late for women to excuse themselves from exertion in this cause, on the ground that it would be indelicate to leave the sheltered retirement of home. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I He felt outraged by the assault; for Mr. Wittleworth, as his employer had rather indelicately hinted, had a high opinion of himself. Make or Break or, The Rich Man's Daughter New York Times: "This book treats a delicate theme in the most indelicate fashion possible." Terribly Intimate Portraits "If the question is not an indelicate one," said Fogg hesitatingly, "might I inquire if you ever paid up?" A Pirate of Parts The brigadier took leave of Cavalier by expressing the desire to be of service to him at any time; but he made a gross and indelicate mistake in offering his purse to the Camisard chief. The Huguenots in France Others, though coarse, were kindly in their familiarity, and Sifton, with gentle face, remained to help her bear the jests of the more uncouth and indelicate of her admirers. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West A late empress of Russia, as a punishment for some female frailties, ordered a most beautiful young lady of family to be publicly chastised, in a manner which was hardly less indelicate than severe. Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World Would Hamlet have appeared less interesting or less mad had he not spoken indelicate and cruel words to Ophelia? My Recollections of Lord Byron Their clerks write me letters demanding most indelicately why I haven’t done this and that.” Masters of the Wheat-Lands An imagination exercised in this discipline is never clean, but seeks for and discovers something indelicate in the most common phrases and actions of ordinary life. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. But her own conversation is never polluted with anything the least indelicate or unbecoming. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I A few sumptuary laws, a subordination to the men, and a total want of authority, do not so much affect the sex, as to be coldly and indelicately treated by their husbands. Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World Foragers thought it not indelicate to linger about the house of the unsuspecting farmer till the lamp revealed the family at supper, and then modestly approach and knock at the door. Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 According to Theobald's note, a most indelicate anticipation is put into the mouth of Rosalind without reason;—and besides, what a strange thought, and how out of place and unintelligible! Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher This was very wrong; for Mr. Neefit, though perhaps indelicate, had at least been generous and trusting;—and a definite answer should have been given before the middle of July. Ralph the Heir There is nothing indelicate about riding on both sides of a horse, if they once get used to it. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 Violent passions, rash oaths, coarse jests, indelicate language of every kind, are precluded and disrelished. Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World Fat pork I could not swallow; nor onions nor cabbage,—gross, indelicate vegetables! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 The plain facts of matrimony are carefully hidden from them, as either being too "prosaic" or too indelicate. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends She genuinely liked Miss Rowe, and could not bear her to think that she would have been so cruel and indelicate as to call attention to her one blemish. The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life Naturally the unfortunate lawyer was driven to the brink of desperation, and at this time he never went out of doors without being accompanied by two detectives to protect him from her indelicate approaches. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. It would be highly indelicate,—the very supposition would be derogatory to her dignity. Fairy Fingers A Novel Upon a narrow seat just inside the cabin door, an indelicate old person lies, eyes closed and jaws agape. Ship-Bored She at first vehemently objected, saying it would be in the highest degree indelicate to publish so much of her own story as was inextricably interwoven with the journey. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy It would be indelicate to speak until Tallis felt that he was ready for the surprise. The Highest Treason She was frantic with disappointment, and her insane infatuation led her into all manner of indelicate demonstrations. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. My aunt reported to my mother that the book was very "indelicate" and after that Beadle's "Dime Novels" were absolutely forbidden. Confessions of a Book-Lover You may say what you like to him, though, for the matter of that, I think it a very indelicate thing for a lady to go about raising such questions at all. Miss Mackenzie That Diamond Tom received this money there is no doubt, but where and how he got the diamond nobody seems to know, and in his own time it was deemed indelicate to inquire. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators It was not, however, indelicate to watch Tallis' face closely; it was expected. The Highest Treason It seemed such a repulsive and indelicate step to take. The Lost Girl "Oh, Doc! how can you be so indelicate as to taunt me with my poverty; to suggest, to hint even so subtly, that I would fill my empty pockets from your purse?" The Lady Doc There was something in her position as connected with Mr Maguire which made her feel that it would be indelicate to entertain another suitor before that gentleman had received a final answer. Miss Mackenzie This she did, assuming the dress of a man: was it not very indelicate, sir, and could she have been a lady? The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 It was a most indelicate action, but the knowledge that it was such did not lessen the horror with which the guests regarded it. The Dude Wrangler My dear boy," said he, "don't you know it would be very indelicate, not to say vulgar, for us to print a sensational account of that marriage? Old Ebenezer You know and I know that she will do any indelicate thing which occurs to her to get what she wants without paying for it. The Lady Doc Now in Japan nothing is more indelicate, more unpardonable, or more insulting to the listener than any reference to the personal love between man and wife. The Dragon Painter Well then, I think that it is indelicate in women to leave their proper sphere and descend to the level of men, and this any woman must do in assuming the masculine garb. The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 "It's rather indelicate to discuss with a gentleman," she continued, braiding her fingers. The Dude Wrangler Indeed this trade was pushed to so great a height, that the quarter-deck became the scene of the most indelicate familiarities. Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791 It must be one of the lady doc's practical jokes—it was sufficiently indelicate, he told himself. The Lady Doc To refer to yourself in such a way is most indelicate. Apron-Strings We may not speak of anything so indelicate as a belly, but we can mention an abdomen in the politest society. The Book-Hunter at Home It would be indelicate to give statistics as to his age. Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War This adjective and its synonyms, indecent and indelicate, are often used without proper discrimination being made in their respective meanings. 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. I repeat: let any one who thinks that Dickens was a gross and indelicate artist read that part of the book. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens One came to me on a Sunday afternoon bearing a Bible, with a request that I would find for him and read to him all the indelicate passages. The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography And there were reasons why any such vindication by him was especially indelicate. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion Your bill-fold is there intact—it's rather indelicate of you to feel for it! Blacksheep! Blacksheep! It is indelicate for any one to obtrude himself upon another's retirement. 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. Boys are no better off at many places; but boys have opportunities of adding bloaters and chops to their breakfasts, which would be considered horribly indelicate and insubordinate conduct in girls. The Mark Of Cain So, at favorable times, he, in a wary manner, and not indelicately, would venture in private interviews gently to make distant allusions to this questionable propensity. The Confidence-Man I felt a sudden doubt of my right to intrude; for curiosity had been my motive, and curiosity here seemed singularly indelicate. Four Meetings You think the question indelicate, but why should I shrink from asking a question on which, perhaps, the happiness of your life depends? April's Lady A Novel I would not be so indelicate as to require them on such an occasion. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The smaller range and more delicate—however indelicate—argument of the fabliaux not only invited but almost necessitated a different kind of handling. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) “How does she know what is, or what is not, indelicate?” Rattlin the Reefer I asked if I had made any serious lapsus, or said anything very ridiculous or indelicate; if I had, I said I should never forgive myself. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer “I shall do as I think proper,” replied the lady; “and I’ll thank you for none of your indelicate insinuations.” Mr. Midshipman Easy Mrs Podgers declared that it was very indelicate in her to do so, but Kitty replied that if women were on board ship, it was their duty to attend to the wounded. Charley Laurel A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land She soon, however, discovered that his Excellency's intentions were strictly dishonourable, for he made her, she afterwards said, "a most indelicate proposition." The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Montaiglon caught that smile once: his chagrin at its irony was blended with a pleasing delusion that the frank and genial domestic might proffer a solution without indelicate questioning. Doom Castle “It—it looks so indelicate,” said Max hesitatingly. Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai I never heard him express an impure thought, or make an indelicate allusion in any way or shape. Pushing to the Front "I have a great mind to take you at your word," said Kate; "but no; it is really too indelicate." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 "To allow my husband to watch me always would," she said, "be indelicate!" The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert The hostess was likewise a true character: she made some observations so free, and even indelicate, in the hearing of the ladies, as in some degree confounded me. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 Another centre of interest is the mikweh, the name of which it is indelicate to mention in the hearing of men. The Promised Land "Very indelicate of her ever to have made such a wager," retorted Lady Mary, quite trumpeting in her wrath. Belles and Ringers I never heard him express or make an indelicate allusion in any way or shape. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune "But no one would be indelicate enough to show a want of respect to their religious scruples," answered Harry. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series The performance at the theatre was too contemptible for mention, and in the pantomime, or rather spectacle, became latterly so indelicate, that I found it necessary to withdraw. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 "Really, Helen, I think it's most indelicate of you to refer to such a possibility," the other girl remarked. White Ashes He was never known while in Washington to tell an indelicate story or to use a profane word, although when slightly excited he would sometimes say, "Dog on it!" to give emphasis to his assertion. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis "I hope they wouldn't think me capable of doing anything so indelicate as squeezing a lady's hand," said Maxwell. The Story of a Play A Novel I call it indelicate to discuss such subjects. Mary Gray I must do them the justice, however, to add, that though their raillery will be sometimes broad enough, it is never verbally indelicate. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 It is so unfeminine and indelicate for young ladies to have appetites. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems His father dying before he was two years old, Garfield's early life was one of privation, but its poverty has been made indelicately and unjustly prominent. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail It would have been indelicate," he said to me, "to remind Mlle. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II There was nothing unwomanly in flowing hair, there was nothing indelicate. The Beach of Dreams An indelicate story was a sharp distress to Stoddard; Dolby told him twenty-five a day. Chapters from My Autobiography "Now there is one place where perhaps it would be indelicate to take a Mississippian," Verena said, after this episode. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) Each of them was afraid of blundering, of causing unnecessary pain by an indelicate revelation of the facts. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army He chewed tobacco and was brimming over with funny stories, funny and usually indelicate. Confessions of Boyhood Yet I read it through without ever noticing or retaining any impression of the indelicate side of the story. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer He was quite sober now, and his speech, although slovenly, was not indelicate. The Cow Puncher The reader may imagine whether such an impression as this made it any more agreeable to Basil to have to believe it would be indelicate in him to try to woo her. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) Positively you are not aware of anything reprehensible or even indelicate in what you are about. The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy To hold such a convention in the Eternal City, right under the eaves of the Vatican, was surely a trifle "indelicate," to use the words of the Pope. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists With a charge of BB's, in a most indelicate portion of his anatomy. Day of the Moron Whether England is now passing into decline, living her life in her children, the Colonies, might be indelicate to ask. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers A man may smile at his own misfortunes after they are over—sometimes our laughter seems scarcely directed against anyone, and in the most profane and indelicate humour there is often nothing personal. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 It is difficult to qualify, it seems almost indelicate to intrude upon, such passionate grief. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Foolish or vicious nurses may bring it on by handling young children most indelicately. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence It was indelicate, and he felt that his whole behavior had been indelicate, from the moment her laugh had wakened him in the night till now, when he had invaded her room. A Pair of Patient Lovers This sign also represents a more indelicate idea, and is used in the same way on the coast. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government But that you should beg off discussion because my way of putting things seems to you indelicate is yet another count in my quarrel with your established ministry. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties I think the expression is positively indelicate, Henry. John Ward, Preacher In our walk in life the sending of such lines to a gentleman who had not declared himself would be considered almost indelicate. Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel The judges drew, however, this indelicate conclusion; the conclusion they drew was founded upon the premises; it was very just and logical; for they declared that he was a mere cipher. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) The dance was performed by men, mostly in imitation of the women, and was also of the usual inelegant and indelicate description. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government Most of his songs are amorous, though never indelicate. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour After a minute of uncertainty, his curiosity triumphed over his discretion and he put, in an apologetic tone, an equally indelicate question. The Miller Of Old Church I knew it rude to enter there With Mrs. V. in such a state; And, 'neath a magisterial air, Felt actually indelicate. The Heptalogia A contemporary of his at Eton once told me of a scene, at which my informant was present, when some loose or indelicate toast was proposed, and all present drank it but young Gladstone. Successful Methods of Public Speaking The performances at European Operas are often nearly as indelicate. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government It has been supposed that Greene was very indelicate in his language, as well as reckless in his life. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Meekness had always seemed to him the becoming mental and facial expression for the sex; and that a woman should resent appeared almost as indelicate as that she should propose. The Miller Of Old Church These are mainly amatory, and all indelicate, while some are as coarse as anything in French literature. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 If, on the contrary, you treat him well, and refrain from indelicate inquiries respecting his age—on which point he is very touchy—his visit is sure to bring good luck. The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural My dear Sister, Some young persons indulge a fastidiousness of feeling, in relation to the subject of marriage, as though it were indelicate to speak of it. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister It bears marks of an early time in its words being coarsely indelicate, but not amatory. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour The little prisoner was condemned to pass three days in her room, as just penalty for such “indelicate” behaviour. Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book Here he read his skits and parodies, here travestied Virgil, made epigrams on Richelieu, and poured out his indelicate but always laughable witticisms. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 To censure him would be still more indelicate. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch It conveys the idea of an exquisite propriety of deportment, free from everything indelicate, obtrusive, repulsive, or unamiable. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister In the tenth century the clergy found stories to amuse the post-prandial hour—extravagant, indelicate, or profane—such were the times, but marking improved activity of thought. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Not so when one hears an indelicate word or expression, which allows of no possible harmless interpretation. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society But there is no need to argue the question—the public has decided it long since, and, except in indelicate ballets, and occasional rather French passages in farce, our modern stage is free from immorality. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 But my undergraduate has a blushing sense that to call Byron Byron twice on one page is indelicate. On the Art of Writing Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914 Nearly all adults are addicted to drunkenness, while the use of foul and indelicate language is almost universal,—men, women, and children employing it in common conversation. Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels He encouraged and led the way in an indelicate kind of jesting, which he seems to have learned during his travels in France. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Immediately before her feet, and indelicately confronting her, lay a suit of man's clothing. The Astonishing History of Troy Town Her success in hoaxing—which we should now think both perilous and indelicate—seems to have only riveted the chain, which was drawn around him more strongly. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 Without being indelicate, she was really able to bring hope to the fore. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" Before another is a man dancing as indelicately as a Moorish woman of the coast. 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 Did you get the threepence? if the inquiry is not indelicate.’ The Disentanglers Really," murmured the Admiral, as his eye travelled over the beach, "anything more indelicate—Why, Miss Limpenny might be rowing this way for anything they know. The Astonishing History of Troy Town Your over delicate ladies are the most indelicate people in the world. Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers It was indelicate to have referred to the mental image even ever so vaguely. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" The women looloo as on the coast, and both men and women dance; not exactly as the negroes do, but still somewhat indelicately. 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 Some young persons indulge a fastidiousness of feeling in relation to this subject, as though it were indelicate to speak of it. The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies There are exceptions to this rule of pride in indelicate health,—notably among the lower classes. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) As the conveyance is confidential, I can say something on a subject which, to those who do not know my real dispositions respecting it, might seem indelicate. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 He glanced significantly at the door, not suppressing a slight yawn; it was incredible how this repulsive little artist, with his indelicate propositions, bored him. A Comedy of Masks A Novel This is nowhere done, for there are many bits of information which come to a Government through its diplomatic connections which it would be indelicate, discourteous, or unwise to give to the public. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe Though it seems indelicate to suggest the possibility of a bug in a well-kept, charming chamber, even the best housekeeping is not always proof against feeling "things at night." The Complete Home There is a haste somewhat indelicate in the introduction of French garrisons into Savoy, previous to the popular conclusion being known. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II This is, at least, very indelicate, and probably excites uneasy sensations in some. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 The game was finally discontinued, owing to a shortage of checkermen which they had secreted in their pockets, a fact which each one stoutly denied with many weird and rather indelicate vows. Biltmore Oswald The Diary of a Hapless Recruit The reason is, that, as I have mentioned him in the enclosed pamphlet, it would look indelicate. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals I hope you will be able to do this, as I should be very sorry to do any thing by him that may be deemed indelicate. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals We have nothing like this at home, and as for writers who make a reader giggle almost indelicately often, where are they to be found? Lost Leaders I have often," he said, "heard her allude to things and tell stories that would be considered unusual, even indelicate. Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College Miss Betty and Miss Kitty would not for worlds have been so indelicate as to take this attention for granted, though it was a custom of many years' standing. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Such behaviour was not only exceedingly improper but also most inconsiderate, for the indelicate creature would certainly catch a chill, and then infect the entire party. The Enchanted April Sir George has shewn the letter, a very indelicate one in my opinion, to my father and me; and has talked a great deal of nonsense on the subject. The History of Emily Montague His profligacy is so gross, that his very name is indelicate in the mouth of a modest woman. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One It would neither be proper nor prudent, and you surely would not be considered indelicate? Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One "Oh dear yes, Mrs. Malt!" interrupted momma, who thought everything entomological extremely indelicate. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') They were, indeed, most indelicate in their habits, scattering on the table-cloth all their bones and parings. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions In all my association with him, I never saw an indelicate act in his conduct, or heard an obscene word in his conversation. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest Upon this the Parson's language became grossly indelicate, after the fashion of those days. Noughts and Crosses Stories, Studies and Sketches He asked her a great many questions, some of which she thought indelicate. Joanna Godden There are families who think it almost indelicate to talk about marriage as a thing actually in prospect for any of their own community. The Claverings I'm not a female to fret and vex, But if I belonged to the sensitive sex, Exposed to all sorts of indelicate sounds, I wouldn't be deaf for a thousand pounds. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood Mr. Clay thought it indelicate to do so. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest Dancing, then, is indelicate where the women are depraved, and to this it must be added that the women are depraved where the men are indolent. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales Any gross or indelicate language was called profane. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies It is there thought not at all indelicate for a man to have several wives; but the bare thought of a woman having two husbands would excite horror. Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. In any case," he resumed, "'twould be indelicate to imply that her judgment of men, her confidence in any one, could have been mistaken. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. Among these will be found ideas, so indelicate, that notwithstanding the gloss, which wit and humour had put over them, the chaste ear could not but be offended by their recital. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 He dimly comprehended, too, that her presence was an indelicate intrusion, but her intentions were so good! Sevenoaks In 1647 he published Hesperides, a collection of small poems of great lyric beauty, Anacreontic, pastoral, and amatory, but containing much that is coarse and indelicate. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction It is criminally indelicate to speak to you of this," he said, "but it was absolutely necessary. The Three Black Pennys A Novel At length, provoked by this indelicate and vain obtrusion of compliments, he exclaimed, 'Dearest lady, consider with yourself what your flattery is worth, before you bestow it so freely.' Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings They consider it as morally injurious; for toasts frequently excite and promote indelicate ideas, and thus sometimes interrupt the innocence of conversation. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 There is no truth in the report that Tom Timkins intends resigning his seat at the apple-stall in the New Cut; and the rumours of a successor are therefore premature and indelicate. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841 Some pictures which are rather warmly colored and indelicate in our day were quite in keeping with the taste of that time, and gave greater effect to the moral lesson assigned to be taught. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction “Very, very delicate, I can assure you,” said Julius, who, “laying the flattering unction to his soul” that he was the party alluded to, thought it rather an indelicate one. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 6, 1841, Even Johnson, in his "London," has two or three passages which cannot be read aloud, and Addison's "Drummer" some indelicate allusions. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals Toasts both illiberal and indelicate, are at length introduced; and he has no alternative but that of bearing the banter, or quitting the room. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 Forgive me if I hurt you, if it seem indelicate to speak of love at the very moment when you are happy in your liberty. Unleavened Bread On my asking the reason of so severe a treatment, we were informed, that he had been discovered in a situation rather indelicate, with a woman who was taboo'd. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time But when he was once safely dead she worshipped his memory with an ardour which would have seemed to her indelicate had he been still alive. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage Her speech implied that her mistress's conduct had been not only indelicate but clumsy. Hocken and Hunken The mutineers were nearly all private chauffeurs in the employ of the personages to whom they sent this indelicate ultimatum. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Nor have I the indelicate wish to close the dreary ceremony of a State prosecution with a vain display of words. The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 Ho, ho, ho!—you indelicate creature,—why, my dear Rodolpha—ha, ha, ha! what are you talking about? The Man of the World (1792) They are often coarse, but never vulgar; they are indelicate, but they are not impudent. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations "Perhaps you are already in love with some one else—perhaps you imagine that you may win young Palmer, upon whom you so indelicately forced your society at Hazeldean," she snapped. True Love's Reward It looked so kind of indelicate seeing an empty dress hung up there that every soul in town knew belonged to me. Somewhere in Red Gap The poor child thought her point must now be indelicately plain, but the lips of Doctor Queed merely emitted another close-clipped: "Proceed." Queed A gaudy fresco, representing some indelicate female deity, adorned the front of the fire-place, which sloped expanding from the ceiling and terminated at the mouth without a mantel-piece. Italian Journeys The audience laughed at every indelicate artifice of the libertine, and screamed when the demure maiden let fall certain remarks which bore a double significance. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance In his eyes she had shown herself not only reckless and treacherous, but indelicate, vulgar, capable of besmirching the most sacred and intimate of relations. The Marriage of William Ashe
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