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be indecorous





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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

In England old people enjoy fun, but it is held to be indecorous in them to afford amusement to others.

From Stray Studies from England and Italy by John Richard Greene

"This would be a sheer abuse of power, sire; it would be indecorous and unseemly."

From Louise de la Valliere by Alexandre Dumas père

This was evidently an example of the way in which they learned to be indecorous up here.

From The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) by Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson

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 St. George Tucker




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