malapropos

Example Sentences

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Johnnie Green chose this malapropos moment for reminding the officers of the reason for the coming to the house.

From The Big-Town Round-Up by Raine, William MacLeod

To him the man habitually seemed as malapropos as a spiteful old lady.

From Queed by Crosby, Raymond Moreau

Its suggestions were so visionary, its reasoning so fallacious, its assumptions so unwarranted, its conclusions so malapropos, that it falls below critical examination.

From A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History by Nicolay, John George

It was a remark that seemed particularly malapropos to the sultry weather, and Constance half expected a burst of laughter at the unexpected sally.

From Constance Dunlap by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

I rushed over towards her, and when close was about to say impulsively, “Why did you leave your tomb?” when it suddenly struck me that the question would be malapropos and embarrassing in many ways. 

From The Lady of the Shroud by Stoker, Bram