unfilial

Example Sentences

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The fear that she had awakened unfilial emotions in the bosom of Maurice infused fresh fortitude into Madeleine's spirit.

From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt

It is indeed difficult, given the circumstances, to blame Frederick's unfilial conduct in this matter.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose

Sempronia so exasperates her father by long-continued unfilial conduct that the latter becomes insane.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome

The repudiation is expressed in the words, “You are not my father,” but it may be intended to cover all unfilial conduct.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)

Why, God bless my soul, do you call ingratitude—the basest, most unfilial, most treacherous ingratitude—no vice, sir?

From Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers by Anstey, F.