unchivalrous

Example Sentences

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In the coming years, Watson’s attitude toward Franklin became a matter of controversy, which he did little to soothe by his unchivalrous treatment of her in his 1968 book, “The Double Helix.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

“Surely you would not be so unchivalrous as to dismiss these adoring ladies with either a ‘no comment’ or an evasion, would you, Ari?” he said.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2018

The band were asked to play an acoustic set but by this time their girlfriends were in the band and Heron says it would have been "unchivalrous" to leave them out.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2017

I wrote about my frustration with the unchivalrous cads I was running into at salsa dance lessons.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2015

"And have it said that I won by treachery, with an unchivalrous attack? Dawn was the chosen horn:." "Chosen by Stannis," Randyll Tarly pointed out.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin