malapropos
Example Sentences
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And Bayle, in his somewhat diffuse discourses, has forgotten himself so far as to do Richeome the honour of annotating him very malapropos.
From Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire
Your attacks do choose the most malapropos times——" "Oh, dear no, George!
From Frances Waldeaux by Davis, Rebecca Harding
So Christina, snubbed and blamed for her malapropos question, subsided into sullen indifference externally, while inwardly passing on the blame for her correction to Theodora, who, she decided, was going to be unlucky to her.
From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
As far as Mostyn was concerned, this first malapropos meeting indicated the whole evening.
From The Man Between, an International Romance by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
This malapropos discovery, materially diminished the pleasure we had before experienced, on first seeing a new part of the continent.
