be indecorous
Example Sentences
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She made it safe for a woman to be indecorous, though in the process she also helped redefine not just what was acceptable but also what was beautiful.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2016
Often at the funniest point you will see some small listener in an agony of endeavor to cloak the mirth which he—poor mite—fears to be indecorous.
From Stories to Tell to Children by Bryant, Sara Cone
But as government must be well informed by its officers, both military and naval in these points, it would be indecorous in me to enlarge on the subject.
From Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa by Corry, Joseph
It would be indecorous in me to be over-awed by menaces, or to yield to compulsion.
From Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by Tucker, St. George
I have half a mind to look again for that mole, but I suppose it would be indecorous.
From Jurgen A Comedy of Justice by Cabell, James Branch
