malapropos
Example Sentences
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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
Mrs. Lashmar had a genius for the malapropos.
From Our Friend the Charlatan by George Gissing
As far as Mostyn was concerned, this first malapropos meeting indicated the whole evening.
From The Man Between, an International Romance by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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
Nothing occurred to mar the pleasure of the hour, except a trifling incident that might be construed as malapropos and post-meridian by the hypercritical.
From Rolling Stones by O. Henry
