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
But as government must be well informed by its officers, both military and naval in these points, it would be indecorous in me to enlarge on the subject.
From Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa by Corry, Joseph
In England old people enjoy fun, but it is held to be indecorous in them to afford amusement to others.
From Stray Studies from England and Italy by Greene, John Richard
It would be indecorous to applaud the winking harness, the perfectly lacquered panels, and the liveried saises.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard
It would be indecorous in me to be over-awed by menaces, or to yield to compulsion.
From Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by Tucker, St. George
