unfilial
Example Sentences
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Once across the border Elizabeth would have no power over her, and her son, unfilial though he hath shown himself, could not for very shame refuse her safe asylum.
From In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls by De Land, Clyde Osmer
Punishment of unfilial conduct The Sumerian laws are very severe upon a child's repudiation of a father.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)
The fear that she had awakened unfilial emotions in the bosom of Maurice infused fresh fortitude into Madeleine's spirit.
From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt
"That's a lie!" gave out the prisoner with a maledictory eye upon his unfilial nephew.
From The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel by Hanshew, Mary E.
The repudiation is expressed in the words, “You are not my father,” but it may be intended to cover all unfilial conduct.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)
