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

It would be indecorous, he felt, to encourage further talk about it from the boy.

From The Damnation of Theron Ware by Frederic, Harold

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

She longed to rush back to the landing-place, but instinctively felt that such action on the part of a guest would be indecorous.

From In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date by Burnham, Clara Louise