unfilial

Example Sentences

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Perhaps what happened in the future was a punishment for this unfilial conduct, however much it was provoked.

From World's End A Story in Three Books by Jefferies, Richard

Madame made up her mind to upbraid Gabrielle severely for her inhuman and unfilial conduct.

From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis

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

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)

She was persistent in the practice, and her unfilial and rude sons called her “Old Snuff.”

From England in the Days of Old by Andrews, William