untowardness
Example Sentences
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So was it—would at least have been But through untowardness of fate; For polity was then too strong: He came an age too late.
From Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by Shairp, John Campbell
It also flows from a fearful, cowardly spirit; there is nothing of greatness in it, except it be greatness of untowardness.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John
Her idea was that all her misery had come from the untowardness of the meeting.
From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony
He murmured against that untowardness which, after condemning him to long sorrows on the land, now pursued him with added griefs on the deep.
From Israel Potter by Melville, Herman
With large open hearts, the untowardness of things present, the miseries of the past, the mischief, stupidity, and error which reign in the world, at times almost crush your melancholy men.
From Friends in Council — First Series by Helps, Arthur, Sir
