malapropos

Example Sentences

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She took, in this malapropos manoeuvre, the same delight that a child experiences through the consciousness of being engaged in some mischievous wrong.

From With the Procession by Fuller, Henry Blake

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 Lever, Charles James

Johnnie Green chose this malapropos moment for reminding the officers of the reason for the coming to the house.

From The Big-Town Round-Up by Raine, William MacLeod

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 Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)

Mrs Mansen therefore had had a twofold object in sending her out of the room: first, to stop her malapropos remarks about Annchen Vander Heyden, and secondly, that she might be informed respecting Rudolf’s visit.

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.