unfilial

Example Sentences

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Seeing his wretched state, Periander took pity on him and bade him come home and no longer indulge in such foolish and unfilial behavior.

From Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

I would appeal to heaven, but the sun and moon have no favour for an unfilial son.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

The ladies felt very sorry for Major Morton and indignant with the hard-hearted, unfilial Meg.

From Jan and Her Job by Harker, L. Allen (Lizzie Allen)

That's a dreadfully unfilial speech, but I expect every man likes to feel that the girl he cares for would have stuck to him through every kind of obstacle—poverty, obscurity, the world's misunderstanding.

From The Ranch Girls at Home Again by Vandercook, Margaret

It was consecration, if you like; but it was expiation too, the sacrifice for the sin of an unfilial clarity.

From The Return of the Prodigal by Sinclair, May