be indecorous
Example Sentences
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She made it safe for a woman to be indecorous, though in the process she also helped redefine not just what was acceptable but also what was beautiful.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2016
There is one particular in which I have had wrong done me, and it may not be indecorous in me to call your attention to it.
From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various
It would be indecorous for any warrior, while she is in this predicament, to show her any attentions of gallantry.
From The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. by Flint, Timothy
She longed to rush back to the landing-place, but instinctively felt that such action on the part of a guest would be indecorous.
From In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date by Burnham, Clara Louise
This was evidently an example of the way in which they learned to be indecorous up here.
From The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne
