unbecomingness

Example Sentences

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She merely desired, like many of us, the comfort of being selfish without the unbecomingness of appearing so.

From Captain Desmond, V.C. by Diver, Maud

I shall overlook the unbecomingness of certain expressions that you have used towards myself, because I can make allowance for an excited state of feeling.

From A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

This accounted for her strange appearance; but Fleming noticed that the girl's manner had not the slightest consciousness of their unbecomingness, nor of the charms of face and figure they had marred.

From From Sand Hill to Pine by Harte, Bret

And for the same reason, the unbecomingness of that which is hated is felt more keenly than the becomingness of that which is loved.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

And he was sensible, also, of a certain unbecomingness in such amusement on her part.

From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony