untowardness

Example Sentences

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I hope she does not dwell on the seeming untowardness of the event, or that she can take it into a larger philosophy than that of the New York press.

From Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter by Dewey, Mary Elizabeth

Her idea was that all her misery had come from the untowardness of the meeting.

From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony

She launched with zest upon the somewhat unoriginal thesis, and Cally relapsed into her own thoughts, which were full of rebellion at the bitter untowardness of her fate....

From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor

As to this untowardness I mean, frankly, to inquire of your Mother—whom I am already in communication with on the subject of going to see her to talk about you!

From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by James, Henry

She allowed not her thoughts to go astray, striving continually for a pure and meek heart, begging forgiveness for her untowardness toward her husband.

From Mistress Penwick by Payne, Dutton