uncomplimentary remark

Example Sentences

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And with this rather uncomplimentary remark, Amy left the room, with the blue ear-rings in her ears and the yellow ones in her hand.

From The King's Daughters by Holt, Emily Sarah

I had obtained the uncomplimentary remark upon the ship, from the lady of Cincinnati, who said it about the doctor of the seasickness from which she suffered.

From The Daredevil by Daviess, Maria Thompson

An uncomplimentary remark had escaped the lady, as to the state of the overdone fowls, and Nelly “could put this and that together as well as another.”

From Janet's Love and Service by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)

"You have called in the police," and as McIntyre commenced some uncomplimentary remark, he added with sternness.

From The Red Seal by Lincoln, Natalie Sumner

It passed him, and he heard its driver hurl some uncomplimentary remark at him as the rattling old kettle clanked by.

From The Law-Breakers by Cullum, Ridgwell