unfilial

Example Sentences

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Perhaps what happened in the future was a punishment for this unfilial conduct, however much it was provoked.

From World's End A Story in Three Books by Jefferies, Richard

Once across the border Elizabeth would have no power over her, and her son, unfilial though he hath shown himself, could not for very shame refuse her safe asylum.

From In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls by De Land, Clyde Osmer

She excludes her devoted husband from the inheritance in favour of her most unfilial son?

From The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

The girl herself lacked in respect for her father, and this unfilial attitude seemed condoned by both Mary Louise and the Colonel, which was evidence that there was something wrong about Jason Jones.

From Mary Louise Solves a Mystery by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)

The King had been mad and blind and deaf for ten years, and the Queen, years before, had complained of the Prince's conduct as unfilial, if not inhuman.

From The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick by Bradlaugh, Charles