malapropos
Example Sentences
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Mrs. Barbara Croyland amused herself, as usual, by doing her best to tease every one around her, and by saying the most malapropos things in the world.
From The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
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 William MacLeod Raine
I rushed over towards her, and when close was about to say impulsively, “Why did you leave your tomb?” when it suddenly struck me that the question would be malapropos and embarrassing in many ways.
From The Lady of the Shroud by Bram Stoker
On the other hand, never express dissatisfaction with a response, however absurd or malapropos it may be.
From The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley
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 Charles James Lever
