untoward

Example Sentences

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“I assure you both that there was nothing untoward. I take full responsibility for any tarnish to your son’s purity.”

From Literature

Is she doing something untoward with his money?

From MarketWatch

“There were times during those days that we did not make it to school due to inclement weather or some other untoward event,” she wrote in a biographical post on the McAdoo Center website.

From Los Angeles Times

“I hope nothing untoward happens to him this time,” she thought.

From Literature

A police patrol investigated but found nothing untoward.

From BBC