Sample sentences for INORDINATE

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Definition

beyond normal limits

She has an inordinate fear of spiders.

a book of inordinate length
He wore a General Hood type beard of which he was inordinately vain.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

inordinately = beyond normal limits

They love her inordinately.
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
Daisy was inordinately proud of the fact her husband was lighter than she was.
Malcolm Gladwell -- Outliers
His good looks and popularity had made him so inordinately conceited that they blinded him to that possibility.
Maya Angelou -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Mary giggled inordinately.
Frances Hodgson Burnett -- The Secret Garden
It also occurred to me that the people of Yamacraw spent an inordinate amount of time on docks fishing, socializing, and waiting for boats.
Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
It seemed to me that Dr Carlisle went on looking at me for an inordinate length of time.
Kazuo Ishiguro -- The Remains of the Day
Simon hid the fact that he was inordinately pleased by this.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Heavenly Fire
There were an inordinate number of photos of Holiday, and many a shot of my feet or the grass.
Alice Sebold -- The Lovely Bones
'She is virtuous, but an inordinate talker.'
Rudyard Kipling -- Kim
To tell a secret, I get a piece of rock-salt, of which pigeons are inordinately fond, and place it in a dovecot on my roof.
Thomas Hardy -- Jude the Obscure
Her father as it proved, had martyred his poor child to an inordinate desire for measuring his land by miles instead of acres.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The House of the Seven Gables
They laughed, the Prince inordinately meanwhile clapping Tommy on the back.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night
Jett had an inordinate thirst, probably owing to his addiction to rum at Sprague's.
Zane Grey -- The Thundering Herd
Monterrey added nine more runs after Pepe's grand slam, many of them coming from an inordinate amount of walks surrendered by Biloxi pitchers.
W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
Harry dawdled behind, taking an inordinate amount of time to do up his bag.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
AND THE SUPERHERO WAS ENORMOUSLY, INORDINATELY PLEASED WITH HIMSELF.
Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
Bert was inordinately proud of his skill with a rope, the men thought.
Larry McMurtry -- Lonesome Dove

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