malapropos
Example Sentences
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Never! nobody ever does; I am a proverb and a by-word for my malapropos speeches.
From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton
"Ah! before instead of after, when I only see I have said something malapropos," said Ethel.
From The Daisy chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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
This malapropos and singularly inconsistent suggestion broke up the assemblage at once, in great disorder—volunteering being just the last thing that any one thought of doing.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 by R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell
Bridgie, detained at home by malapropos ailments on the part of the children, wrote urgent letters by daily posts, contradicting herself on every point saving one alone—the advisability of delay.
From The Love Affairs of Pixie by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
