untowardin a sentence
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She was embarrassed by his untoward behavior.untoward = improper or awkward
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It would have been hard to make a more untoward comment.
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She thrived despite the untoward circumstances.untoward = unfavorable
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She could hardly have made a more untoward choice. (source)
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And you have to realize that sometimes we think we have an animal correctly made—from the standpoint of the DNA, which is our basic work—and the animal grows for six months and then something untoward happens.† (source)untoward = improper, awkward, or unfavorable
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When it is his life or health that is in danger, I do not think it untoward that the military police take some interest in preserving and protecting the boy.† (source)
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Thereafter, the whistle alone will deal with trespassing or any other untoward behaviour.† (source)untoward = improper, awkward, or unfavorable
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I have observed, Mrs. Elton, in the course of my life, that if things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.† (source)untowardly = in an improper, awkward, or unfavorable manner
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Defense was able to show dozens of other occasions when Annie had entered the ward and nothing untoward had happened.† (source)untoward = improper, awkward, or unfavorable
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O day untowardly turned!† (source)untowardly = in an improper, awkward, or unfavorable manner
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If anything...untoward happens, can we handle their surface force with what we have at hand?† (source)untoward = improper, awkward, or unfavorable
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With a scene of encoded sex, Mother could pretend not to notice that something untoward was going on while Father was enjoying his private smirk.† (source)
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'And there is nothing untoward involved, of course.† (source)
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No charges were filed, and an audit turned up nothing untoward.† (source)
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Clara was a good wife and worked hard; she never did anything untoward or unrespectable, and yet the fact that she had that Texas money made Bob uneasy.† (source)
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To make my waking life American-normal, I turn on the lights before anything untoward makes an appearance.† (source)
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