malapropos

Example Sentences

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It was a remark that seemed particularly malapropos to the sultry weather, and Constance half expected a burst of laughter at the unexpected sally.

From Constance Dunlap by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

This very malapropos visit of Mr. Pickwick to the firm was, as I said, a mistake and damaged his case. 

From Bardell v. Pickwick by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington

Its suggestions were so visionary, its reasoning so fallacious, its assumptions so unwarranted, its conclusions so malapropos, that it falls below critical examination.

From A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History by Nicolay, John George

As far as Mostyn was concerned, this first malapropos meeting indicated the whole evening.

From The Man Between, an International Romance by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

"Ah! before instead of after, when I only see I have said something malapropos," said Ethel.

From The Daisy chain, or Aspirations by Yonge, Charlotte Mary