malapropos
Example Sentences
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Mrs. Lashmar had a genius for the malapropos.
From Our Friend the Charlatan by Gissing, George
Johnnie Green chose this malapropos moment for reminding the officers of the reason for the coming to the house.
From The Big-Town Round-Up by Raine, William MacLeod
And he permitted himself a little blaspheming on his own account, for the visitor, as Ste. Marie had said, came most malapropos, and, besides, he disliked Miss Benham's uncle.
From Jason by Forman, Justus Miles
Never! nobody ever does; I am a proverb and a by-word for my malapropos speeches.
From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda
This malapropos discovery, materially diminished the pleasure we had before experienced, on first seeing a new part of the continent.
