malapropos
Example Sentences
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He fancied that the whole incident had been a most unfortunate malapropos, and that Balfour was sinking under shame and confusion.
From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. by Lever, Charles James
"A caller would come singularly malapropos just now," said he.
From Jason by Forman, Justus Miles
Fanny made malapropos speeches sometimes still, but they were never unkindly meant now, and she looked with very loving eyes from one sister to the other.
From Janet's Love and Service by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)
To him the man habitually seemed as malapropos as a spiteful old lady.
From Queed by Crosby, Raymond Moreau
Never! nobody ever does; I am a proverb and a by-word for my malapropos speeches.
From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda
