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

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

From Louise de la Valliere by Dumas père, Alexandre

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

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?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne

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