malapropos
Example Sentences
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"A caller would come singularly malapropos just now," said he.
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
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.'
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Maclaren, Alexander
He fancied that the whole incident had been a most unfortunate malapropos, and that Balfour was sinking under shame and confusion.
From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. by Lever, Charles James
This malapropos discovery, materially diminished the pleasure we had before experienced, on first seeing a new part of the continent.
