ill-bred
Example Sentences
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Ill-bred boys kicked off portions of the various excrescences, and the tower-wearer was jeered at until she was glad to escape with her own few natural locks.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse
"You know how—how——" "Ill-bred it is," supplies she quietly, gaily.
From The Hoyden by Duchess
Ill-bred, she mentally styled her, and decided that she would look into the matter of her growing friendship with Mary.
From Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore by Lester, Pauline
Ill-bred and coarse in Water Street, amid the thousand articles of his trade, he became a very different man as soon as he reached his sister's house.
From The Clique of Gold by Gaboriau, Émile
Ill-bred insolence was therefore his only weapon; but his use of this was as effective as if it had been the well-bred variety in the hands of the grandest of grand seigneurs.
From Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies by Jacks, L. P.
