ungentlemanlike

Example Sentences

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He had never stolen, and it did seem low and ungentlemanlike to steal, but this was more like finding some buried treasure, something cast up from the ocean’s bed.

From Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel by Hentz, Caroline Lee

"His relationship to Lady Eustace cannot justify ungentlemanlike impertinence to me," said Lord Fawn.

From The Eustace Diamonds by Trollope, Anthony

It is said, perhaps untruly, that his remonstrance to the Prince against his remaining here has been ungentlemanlike and indecent.

From Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 by Graham, Maria

He had already used strong language, calling the man vulgar and ungentlemanlike, but if a man does not regard strong language what further can an angry victim do to him?

From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony

It was directed against Lying, as not only un-Christian but ungentlemanlike.

From Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography by Russell, George William Erskine