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
Her singing sounded like silken raiment among sackcloth, and she lowered her voice, feeling it to be indecorous and out of place in the antique hymn.
From Evelyn Innes by Moore, George (George Augustus)
Often at the funniest point you will see some small listener in an agony of endeavor to cloak the mirth which he—poor mite—fears to be indecorous.
From Stories to Tell to Children by Bryant, Sara Cone
"This would be a sheer abuse of power, sire; it would be indecorous and unseemly."
From Louise de la Valliere by Dumas père, Alexandre
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
