unbecomingness

Example Sentences

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She merely desired, like many of us, the comfort of being selfish without the unbecomingness of appearing so.

From Captain Desmond, V.C. by Diver, Maud

And for the same reason, the unbecomingness of that which is hated is felt more keenly than the becomingness of that which is loved.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

I shall overlook the unbecomingness of certain expressions that you have used towards myself, because I can make allowance for an excited state of feeling.

From A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

Nevertheless this unbecomingness is outweighed by necessity: and for this reason such persons can plead either their own cause or that of persons closely connected with them.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

He keeps to this day a sense of its unbecomingness.

From The Mirrors of Washington by Kirby, John