| 单词 | inopportunely |
| 例句 | But this technology is flawed—stupid, even—because the same call to Australia can be placed when a phone is slipped into a pants pocket and gluteal pressure is inopportunely applied. Rudy Giuliani and the Butt-Dialler Within All of Us 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z While timed inopportunely during a presidential election, and a few days before the delegate-rich New York primary, the stage was being set in Rome for something more substantial and significant. Unholy Media Malpractice 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The series’ signature element of chance remains: the most skilled players in the world can still wind up losing an otherwise expertly played race thanks to another player’s inopportunely dispatched blue shell. Mario Kart 8 Review: Just What the Wii U Ordered 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z You will take care to recenter you tie, which you wore inopportunely to the right. A Clip-On for M. Hollande? 2012-11-10T09:45:00Z Let me be grateful accordingly that, by transferring the responsibility to him, I escape the chance of bringing forward, innocently and inopportunely, some social Banquo. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z It struck the abb� as not at all improbable that Mademoiselle Toinon had written to him anent the cake fiasco, and that her lover might inopportunely arrive to look after her safety. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z By fainting thus inopportunely, she had accentuated the falseness of the position. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The tomb is opened for new comers, and sometimes, most inopportunely, and the horrible smell fills the atmosphere, and compels the neighboring inhabitants, to close their windows and doors. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z I sold inopportunely; I took the money they cared to give me, without paying any attention to the conditions. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z A caution deferred can be given another time: one given inopportunely is not only fruitless, but moreover paralyses beforehand all the good that might have subsequently been done. Light and Peace Instructions for devout souls to dispel their doubts and allay their fears 2011-12-22T03:00:27.660Z Similar, in its trickiness, to the relation of opposites is the effect of any other facile association which may under certain circumstances arise most inopportunely. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z I have been waiting so long for an opportunity of saying this to you that you will forgive me if I seem a little abrupt and choose my time inopportunely. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z We enter in the midst of a very ancient drama, spend our years in trying to pick up the threads and purport of the action, and go as inopportunely as we came. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z Contretemps, kon-tr-tang′, n. something happening inopportunely or at the wrong time, anything embarrassing, a hitch. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z She knew that she had broken up many happy hours by weeping inopportunely. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z The call came inopportunely, as the plans for the reorganization of the Traction Company were not yet perfected; but the matter was urgent, and Fenton told him to go. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z She was very thoughtful, however, and she was inclined to regret that old family friends had arrived so inopportunely in Manila. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z The silver teapot arrived at this juncture, and not inopportunely. The Thousandth Woman 2011-08-15T02:00:25.383Z Properly, indeed, your only crime is, that you have laughed—in an extraordinary tone it is true, and rather inopportunely. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z Sometimes she crept down and spent an hour with Mrs. Minch; but she was afraid her mother might come home inopportunely. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z It seemed such a far back event—it and the individual whose existence it so inopportunely recalled—and withal such an insignificant one. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z The Doctor joined us rather inopportunely and, accounting for the situation, made no end of a pother with his traps and his canoe. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Very inopportunely those words heard long ago came floating back upon her memory, making her uncomfortable; making her doubt whether she could possibly remain long under the care that was so genial to her. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z Of my name, as also reason for intruding upon you so inopportunely, I take it this will be sufficient explanation.” No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z That very man, whose life last night you so inopportunely saved, is at this moment deeply involved in an intrigue against your country.” Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z "My journey was only decided upon last month," replied he, somewhat hesitatingly; and with his dull smile he added, "I hope I do not arrive inopportunely, Natalie?" Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z I come most inopportunely, I know, and that is why I come. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z An "ally" or apple brought out inopportunely into view, during the hours of work, might entail the exhibition, article by article, slowly and reluctantly, of all the contents of a pocket. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Scarcely had the door closed after him, when the young widow turned to her brother with a very ungracious air: "You came most inopportunely, Henri." Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z You are right: Waldemar's visit comes most inopportunely, but I cannot prevent his visiting his own estates. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z I’m sorry it has fallen so inopportunely, Louis.” Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z Yet, though Nelson did not shrink from an engagement on his own terms, he was resolved not to force one inopportunely. Naval Warfare A feeling of chilliness came over me as I inopportunely remembered an interview I had some months ago with a fellow called Hawkins. A Top-Floor Idyl Time had done its work ridiculously, inopportunely, yet effectively at last. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident Not immediately, not inopportunely, but in the right season? American World Policies But perhaps it was somewhat early to start a concert, and the dilettanti, awakened inopportunely, would not, perhaps, pay him in current coin of the realm. Round the World in Eighty Days Carried away, however, by the attractiveness of the subject, he was telling the youthful Maurice all about the sacred mission of those guardian angels which Monsieur Delacroix had so inopportunely excluded from his picture. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels It is as inconvenient a morsel as the ‘Amen’ inopportunely suggested to the conscience-stricken Macbeth. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 But agitation unlocks wayward fancies and sends them scurrying inopportunely across the very foreground of the mind. Ancestors A Novel He pretended astonishment at the evident condition of his comrade, but eyed him sharply, and then said: “Pardon me if I come inopportunely, but a rather delicate matter induces me to see you this morning.” A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day And all the while a troublesome verse chose very inopportunely to race across the background of my mind, in time with the engine, each cut-out being the end of a line. Cavalry of the Clouds Brown so inopportunely, are returning to the front, the time having expired. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital He got to bed with the devil, it appeared: kicked and tumbled till the grey of the morning; and then fell inopportunely into a leaden slumber, and awoke to find it ten. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) The magic lamp had gone out most inopportunely! Clark's Field He opened the door a little way, discreetly, and put in his head, ready to draw it back at once should he see his morning call as befalling inopportunely. Aurora the Magnificent At dinner-time, when the General hobbled to his buggy on my arm, I made again the remark I had blurted out so inopportunely. The Romance of a Plain Man Heaven--or the hell that had brewed her misadventures--alone knew where he had come from so inopportunely. Nobody He was angrily opposed to this witness being heard, a witness who had appeared so inopportunely to trouble the majesty of the sitting. A Nest of Spies But, alas, the Gardiner children inopportunely contracted some minor disease and Mrs. Gardiner wrote to recall her invitation. Clark's Field If she could only rely on Sally not being inopportunely sick over mamma just at the critical moment—that was the only misgiving that crossed her mind. Somehow Good Now, will you kindly find that place you were looking for when we were so inopportunely interrupted with irrelevant moralisings.” Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker This, added to the thin and artificial texture of his wit, is the true explanation of the paradox—that a poet who is often inopportunely witty has the opposite vice of bombastic absurdity. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete Every tale of diablerie she had ever heard came most inopportunely to haunt her now, and though she felt their folly she could not free herself from their dominion. Moods Just then she preferred a turn upon the piazza; and into this she silently glided, leaving her father alone with the guest who had so inopportunely intruded. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley They had been attending to their regular morning work, and both brought food for those youngsters, who woke inopportunely—as babies will—and demanded it instantly. Little Brothers of the Air He had stumbled over the unsuspected threshold, surprised the hidden temple of his own heart, and this, inopportunely, prematurely, and, to his everlasting confusion, in the presence of another. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker We have often met with women much more novel and profound in their observations than Laura Gay, but rarely with any so inopportunely long-winded. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete An earthquake may have caught one unawares, say; or inopportunely a bathroom door may have blown open. The Life of the Party Here, most inopportunely, came before her the image of Esther. A Red Wallflower And for awaking so inopportunely, ten thousand more!” A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 Unfortunately for M. Taine, facts speak too forcibly and too inopportunely against him. My Recollections of Lord Byron Then the man in the nightgown, after menacing Hood with a pistol, stuck the barrel of it into Deering’s mouth, opened inopportunely to protest his innocence. The Madness of May The advice, which a day later would have been gratefully received, came inopportunely for Dink's overwrought nerves. The Varmint In saying these words, the Zapoteque unwound from his left arm what had served him as a buckler, and which was now seen to be the cloak so inopportunely missing. The Tiger Hunter Because the House by 256 votes to 91 opposed a motion for Reform which Grey most inopportunely brought forward in the midst of the mutiny, they decided to leave Parliament. William Pitt and the Great War “Because now, more than ever, he’s shining inopportunely, both as to time and place.” Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco The ideal companion is one who can fully enjoy, who will help you to glimpses through another pair of eyes, and who will never obtrude inopportunely between yourself and nature. The Chief End of Man But before she could say more, the guests most inopportunely arrived. Agatha's Husband A Novel In those days, and at such an establishment as that of Haldor the Fierce, it was not possible for friends to appear inopportunely. Erling the Bold The Turks then rose, tied the legs of the sergeant with his own sword-belt, lest he should recover inopportunely, and bore him to a neighbouring thicket which loomed darkly through the fog. In the Track of the Troops He had come inopportunely, despite the fact that the great powers seemed not unfavourable. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 The expedition is led by the captain of the Ione, in person, and he was on the look out for you, when we so inopportunely came up, and spoilt your arrangements.” The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea The appeal so inopportunely made, shows incidentally that the people had begun to look on Jesus as a prophet, and to pay great deference to his word. The Parables of Our Lord “Well, you shouldn’t go meddling with matches and fire, as I’ve told you often,” said Mary, pointing her moral rather inopportunely. Teddy The Story of a Little Pickle Had she not come in so opportunely—or inopportunely, as you may think—I don’t know what I might not have said. She and I, Volume 1 For the door had opened suddenly, and his host had inopportunely entered at the instant. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee Let us now return to the mansion of Colonel Delany, and learn the nature of that "matter of the utmost moment to herself," that had summoned Alice so inopportunely from the side of her lover. The Rector of St. Mark's But I was obliged to stand now, if I intended to go on with it, as that old lord died so inopportunely. Can You Forgive Her? "H'm," said I to the man, "I am sorry to appear inopportunely, but I have a message for your master." Wandering Heath "Opportunely for you, but very inopportunely for me," added Captain Dinsmore with a faint smile. On The Blockade He told me you were wrong to complain about him because he would not take your peltries and that he wanted beaver only; you are complaining inopportunely seeing that he has not done any trading. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark Some, of course, were beyond the limits of our simple abilities but we hereby enumerate some twenty of the more common difficulties that may arise inopportunely with country living, and what to do about them. If You're Going to Live in the Country The horror of mechanical physics arises, then, from attributing to that science pretensions and extensions which it does not have; it arises from the habits of theology and metaphysics being imported inopportunely into science. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion It is almost an impossibility to produce delicate colors on vegetable fabrics which were gathered inopportunely. Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889 Guests had unexpectedly come from a distance, dinner must be served, and the butler had been called away inopportunely to one of his children, who had been terribly scalded. Infelice He spoiled more than one party of pleasure for some of these gentlemen by finding very inopportunely something else for them to do than following the ladies of Elvas and other game of the vicinage. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters The Panama Canal, designed to afford relief in such an emergency, caved in most inopportunely. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries "Most inopportunely, I am afraid," I answered, with an unwilling smile. The Betrayal It would be a disastrous consequence of efforts pressed inopportunely in the interests of peace if the ancient Church of England were rent in twain. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Immediately on the issuance of the ultimatum the Austrian Foreign Minister, Count Berchtold, had most inopportunely taken himself to Ischl, where he remained until after the expiration of the time limit. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe The sharp clang of the bell made me shiver, and Dante's lines came into my mind rather inopportunely, 'All ye who enter here, leave hope behind.' Uncle Max But he had learned that to speak inopportunely was sometimes to make Uncle Andy change his mind and shut up like an oyster. Children of the Wild He serves the world by cutting it when they meet inopportunely. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned If I may put it more roughly, you are disposed, my dear Sidonia—at times, perhaps, a little inopportunely—to burn a good deal of red fire. The Gay Lord Quex A Comedy in Four Acts This impetuous step of Germany to compel its great neighbor to desist from military preparations to defend itself came most inopportunely, for on Aug. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe Immaculate at last as a tailor's equestrian advertisement he came striding down again into the hotel office, only to plunge most inopportunely into Miss Von Eaton's languorous presence. Little Eve Edgarton It is the day of the village bazaar, and amid a lot of hustle and bustle Catherine enters—the prodigal daughter most inopportunely returned! Why the Chimes Rang: A Play in One Act At this moment came a knock at the door, and Dudley put in his head most inopportunely for the vision of his future graces and accomplishments. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh This little bird, which sings at sunset, burst out laughing inopportunely, wakened Hine-nui-te-po, and she crushed to death Maui and all hopes of earthly immortality. Modern Mythology And I know not what came of the salmon, but it left the water; nor do I know what the watcher said who came over the hill inopportunely. Stories of the Border Marches "I beg pardon; I fear I come inopportunely," he said, as he sighted Mrs. De Peyster's militant attitude. No. 13 Washington Square At this point the story of a good Highland minister came up in my mind inopportunely, as these things will. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 Alfgar sighed, and accompanied his father, so inopportunely found, back to the camp. Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune At that moment a large stone, which Alfred had most inopportunely dislodged, rolled down the bank, and made Elfric, who was in its path, leap aside. Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune Love has an awkward way of intruding itself at inconvenient times, but it never came more inopportunely than when it smote one who was reading for his first professional examination. The Firm of Girdlestone And here a fourth hypothesis, full of all the terrors of the infinite, cropped up inopportunely. The Moon-Voyage It came inopportunely on February 3, 1863, after the defeat of Fredericksburg, like a carrion bird after a battle. Abraham Lincoln, Volume II Just at this moment a picturesque, gallant, ambitious, dashing, and rather unscrupulous character appeared inopportunely on the horizon. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado It was not for me to protest against so pious a movement, albeit it presented itself somewhat inopportunely and out of place. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 As Miss Browne undid the oil-silk package everybody held his breath, except poor Aunt Jane, who most inopportunely swallowed a gnat and choked. Spanish Doubloons One finds ugly words like "wive" and "thigh" inopportunely used, and the retort to Mr. George Moore's Hail and Farewell, though legitimately offensive, is obscure in statement. Old and New Masters Now, in the morning, he had arrived inopportunely. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 He came to exhibit a sort of indignant pity for the Fatherland, into whose way so many obstacles were being inopportunely thrown. The Wrong Twin Not inopportunely at this moment, a white garment, which, it is unnecessary to say, he had long ago seen advancing, fluttered down the opposite path, and she herself approached. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 He said he believed that if Mr. Shaw had not inopportunely arrived, Neptune with his tripod would soon have up-reared upon the wave. Spanish Doubloons He got to bed with the devil, it appeared: kicked and tumbled till the grey of the morning; and then fell inopportunely into a leaden slumber, and awoke to find it ten. Prince Otto, a Romance Husbands who are notoriously inopportune, may even die inopportunely, and this was the revenge that Mr. Aubyn, some two years after her return to Hillbridge, took upon his injured wife. The Touchstone The donkey having begun inopportunely to trot, the words were jolted out, one after another, like a shower of pebbles. It Happened in Egypt "No; after service," she agreed, and inopportunely the letter slipped from her hand and fell, with the address down, on the grass. Quaint Courtships On the 11th of November, two of these bandits, inopportunely surprised by the arrival of the colonists, fired on Herbert, and one of them returned boasting of having killed one of the inhabitants. The Mysterious Island Thus Hickey, the inopportunely ubiquitous, lumbering hastily in from the other office and checking, in an extreme of embarrassment, in the middle of the floor. The Brass Bowl There are ten of them on guard yonder, by the way, in case your brother should return inopportunely, though that's scarcely probable. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes This light morning-coat came most inopportunely; it spoilt the whole man for me such as I had fancied him. Hunger All men could come always; they never came inopportunely. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII If any marine monster had been inopportunely surprised by the retreat of the waters, he had already regained the open sea by the subterranean passage which extended under the shore. The Mysterious Island My dear M.,—You might have come inopportunely a week since, when we had an inmate. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 So if cheerfulness knocks at our door, we should throw it wide open, for it never comes inopportunely; instead of that, we often make scruples about letting it in. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life Adv. inopportunely &c. adj.; as ill luck would have it, in an evil hour, the time having gone by, a day after the fair. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases It may be," he said, with a show of hesitation—"it may be that I have come not altogether inopportunely. Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others Still the children were unpleasant to her, and she wished that her sister had not died so inopportunely. The Children's Pilgrimage The Corporation, which had, to Baillie's grief, so inopportunely played "nipshot" in the end of March, and left the Assembly and Sion College to bear the brunt, now hastened to make amends. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 Let those fresh arrivals who had plenty of ammunition attend to the fighting Fokkers and other battling planes that had arrived so inopportunely. Our Pilots in the Air The something which had thus inopportunely dropped on Michael was Mr. Henckel, the second mate. Cappy Ricks Retires The fiddler looked earnestly at the instrument in the corner, his features plainly denoting his anxiety to resume the occupation which his friends coming had so inopportunely interrupted. Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky She was not perfect; the Wentworth temper flashed out most inopportunely, and work and pray and sacrifice and resolve as she would, her rule of Marie was unfortunate-flint and steel strike fire. Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness Forgetting the battle so inopportunely begun, they started off madly in pursuit, shouting, yelling, commanding. The Flyers I would not dare tell him things if he spoke of them afterward so inopportunely. Without a Home Having tied his horse well back from the highway, he reconnoitred the party that had so inopportunely interfered with his plans. Taken Alive "I arrive inopportunely," he said, harshly, the veins standing out on his neck and temples. Graustark The Cresslers' invitation to join the theatre party at the Auditorium had fallen inopportunely enough, squarely in the midst of the ordeal of moving in. The Pit I might have thought I came inopportunely to this dwelling, but that he himself wrote to the king that the lady was here.' Veranilda "No whiskey-spring dis time?" put in Crowsfeather, a little inopportunely, and with a distrust painted in his swarthy face that le Bourdon did not like. Oak Openings It seems to me that we shall have to take up a collection for this inopportunely contrite sinner. Heartbreak House They were presently able to observe that the fleeing Dexter had narrowly escaped running down a motor car inopportunely turning at that moment into the alley. Merton of the Movies Just at this moment, too, the wind inopportunely freshened, rendering the drift of the light craft much more rapid than certain. The Deerslayer But, sirs, the night air is chill and you are come inopportunely, for, as you'll perceive, I was at play. The Tavern Knight And he carried out his purpose, calling at the parsonage on one special afternoon; and it was on the evening of the same day that his mother sang the praises of Griselda Grantly so inopportunely. Framley Parsonage Louis XV died inopportunely, and the firm found itself with a necklace worth two million livres on its hands. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series "You will perceive that you are come inopportunely," I put in. Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... This blow, so terrible to the grandmother and her dependent child, had occurred, too, most inopportunely, as to time. Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief "I hope we have not come inopportunely," said the Duke of Omnium. The Prime Minister The countenance of this lady who had seated herself inopportunely on the back of "Cosmography of Munster" expressed a mingling of haughtiness and mischievousness. The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard This factor that came so inopportunely into her life was her regard for the arrogant, unscrupulous Earl of Bothwell. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series "If you come to see monsieur my uncle, you come inopportunely, messieurs," she told them, a certain feverishness in her air. Scaramouche It is useless to add that I shall know in a few days the upshot of this sudden parliamentary ambition which has, so inopportunely, started up in your way. The Deputy of Arcis One night my wagons, which were overloaded with these confounded weevilly mealies, got stuck in the drift of a small tributary of the Tugela that most inopportunely had come down in flood. Child of Storm True, it is a crude artistry, for intelligence does not sufficiently guide it, and her art is used sometimes indiscriminately and inopportunely. The Foundations of Personality And so, as Bartlett went in to the telephone, to answer a call that had come most inopportunely for him, Viola Carwell and Captain Poland swept off along the pleasantly shaded country road. The Golf Course Mystery |
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