inaptness

Example Sentences

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"He has never expressed any anxiety," Grace began, with her inaptness at evasion.

From Dr. Breen's Practice by Howells, William Dean

Sometimes, as her voice rose clear and sweet to my open windows, I answered remarks addressed to me with an inaptness that only Mrs. Yocomb understood.

From A Day of Fate by Roe, Edward Payson

There is sometimes inaptness or remoteness in his resemblances.

From Poets of the South by Painter, F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton)

My dear Dick, I am becoming accustomed to the extraordinary inaptness of your scriptural allusions.

From The Upas Tree A Christmas Story for all the Year by Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa)

As we clambered on, two bushmen all in white, a dog or two, and a woman in a holland riding-dress, the Maluka pointed out the inaptness of the simile.

From We of the Never-Never by Gunn, Jeannie