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

There is one particular in which I have had wrong done me, and it may not be indecorous in me to call your attention to it.

From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various

We cannot follow them and listen to their conversation—that would be indecorous.

From The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 by Anonymous

It would be indecorous for any warrior, while she is in this predicament, to show her any attentions of gallantry.

From The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. by Flint, Timothy

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

From Louise de la Valliere by Dumas père, Alexandre