单词 | malapropos |
例句 | She confounded Archie with her malapropos — “You know what they say, misery is the best company” — and open-hearted acceptance of others, including her beleaguered son-in-law and African-Americans and other minorities that Archie disdained. Jean Stapleton, TV’s Edith Bunker, Dies at 90 2013-06-01T21:24:50Z Mrs. Barbara Croyland amused herself, as usual, by doing her best to tease every one around her, and by saying the most malapropos things in the world. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z Now and then their comments, after the manner of their age, were keenly malapropos and occasioned a sense of embarrassment. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z He fancied that the whole incident had been a most unfortunate malapropos, and that Balfour was sinking under shame and confusion. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z This malapropos and singularly inconsistent suggestion broke up the assemblage at once, in great disorder—volunteering being just the last thing that any one thought of doing. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z At any rate, he could not see her confusion at her own malapropos—that was something! When Ghost Meets Ghost This very malapropos visit of Mr. Pickwick to the firm was, as I said, a mistake and damaged his case. Bardell v. Pickwick Bridgie, detained at home by malapropos ailments on the part of the children, wrote urgent letters by daily posts, contradicting herself on every point saving one alone—the advisability of delay. The Love Affairs of Pixie On the other hand, never express dissatisfaction with a response, however absurd or malapropos it may be. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale And Bayle, in his somewhat diffuse discourses, has forgotten himself so far as to do Richeome the honour of annotating him very malapropos. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary Johnnie Green chose this malapropos moment for reminding the officers of the reason for the coming to the house. The Big-Town Round-Up Its suggestions were so visionary, its reasoning so fallacious, its assumptions so unwarranted, its conclusions so malapropos, that it falls below critical examination. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History To him the man habitually seemed as malapropos as a spiteful old lady. Queed "A caller would come singularly malapropos just now," said he. Jason Never! nobody ever does; I am a proverb and a by-word for my malapropos speeches. Nancy Hope, however, though somewhat sobered, was not altogether destroyed by this malapropos discovery, and we still looked forward with an interest but little abated, to the results of a complete survey of our new discovery. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. As far as Mostyn was concerned, this first malapropos meeting indicated the whole evening. The Man Between, an International Romance Your attacks do choose the most malapropos times——" "Oh, dear no, George! Frances Waldeaux She took, in this malapropos manoeuvre, the same delight that a child experiences through the consciousness of being engaged in some mischievous wrong. With the Procession Then, on another occasion, he breaks in upon the lofty spiritualities of our Lord's final discourse to His disciples, with the malapropos request, 'Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.' Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV This malapropos discovery, materially diminished the pleasure we had before experienced, on first seeing a new part of the continent. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. It was a remark that seemed particularly malapropos to the sultry weather, and Constance half expected a burst of laughter at the unexpected sally. Constance Dunlap Nothing occurred to mar the pleasure of the hour, except a trifling incident that might be construed as malapropos and post-meridian by the hypercritical. Rolling Stones "Ah! before instead of after, when I only see I have said something malapropos," said Ethel. The Daisy chain, or Aspirations I rushed over towards her, and when close was about to say impulsively, “Why did you leave your tomb?” when it suddenly struck me that the question would be malapropos and embarrassing in many ways. The Lady of the Shroud |
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