ungentlemanlike

Example Sentences

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"I never meant to make the establishment responsible for the ungentlemanlike behavior of one of its members."

From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Freytag, Gustav

Then and there seemed likely to occur what the newspapers term an ungentlemanlike fracas.

From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

Can I imagine myself admitting the necessity of guarding against such an ungentlemanlike form of attack?

From Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy by Gosse, Edmund

He is doing what he ought not to do, I must say that;—quite what I call ungentlemanlike.

From Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite by Trollope, Anthony

“I should leave the neighbourhood,” she said promptly.—“And, if you were so very ungentlemanlike, as still to persecute her with your attentions, I should soon take measures to put a stop to them.”

From She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)