uncompanionable
Example Sentences
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She was never much given to reading at any time, and now books were not to be had; Sydney was so taken up with studying German, that she was quite uncompanionable.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
Neither of them had yet descended to the level of trifles; and Elsa had no wish to share with persons uninteresting and uncompanionable her serious views of life.
From Parrot & Co. by MacGrath, Harold
I impute almost all that I had to complain of in their neglect, to my having been a little unsociable, uncompanionable mortal.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 3 Books for Children by Lamb, Mary
Miss Earle had noticed the depressing effect which even the sight of the blonde lady exercised on Morris the day before, and she looked forward, therefore, to rather an uncompanionable breakfast.
From In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories by Barr, Robert
I felt gloomy and desolate, and for my uncompanionable humor received sundry playful jibes or open-rebukes from my friends.
From Lizzy Glenn or, The Trials of a Seamstress by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
