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
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 Timothy Flint
I have half a mind to look again for that mole, but I suppose it would be indecorous.
From Jurgen A Comedy of Justice by James Branch Cabell
"This would cease to be an excess of power merely, sire; it would be indecorous and unseemly."
From The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Alexandre Dumas père
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 St. George Tucker
