An ill-timed intervention. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
But the incident was particularly ill-timed, since U.S. From Wordnik.com. [So Long, Soldiers] Reference
But they seemed to Fred very ill-mannered and ill-timed. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
There is also great danger in such ill-timed freedom of speech. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
The girls shuddered and Mabel regretted her ill-timed curiosity. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour] Reference
"O most ill-timed, iron continence!" she wailed under her breath. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
In spite of surface appearances that the debate was "ill-timed" the. From Wordnik.com. [Great Britain and the American Civil War] Reference
That ill-timed piece of courtesy cost the lives of eighteen officers. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
How such ill-timed merriment will jar upon my friend's exquisite sensibilities!. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
For a letter from you never yet seemed to me either ill-timed or too long-winded. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
It was the Boer way of saying "bosh" to our ill-timed boast that the war was over. From Wordnik.com. [With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back] Reference
To an Englishman such addresses would appear rather ill-timed academic declamation. From Wordnik.com. [William of Germany] Reference
And who but him who shall have given his vote for this unwise and ill-timed measure, as. From Wordnik.com. [Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform] Reference
"I am sure the horse would have won had it not been for Adrien's ill-timed generosity.". From Wordnik.com. [Adrien Leroy] Reference
'And you think paterfamilias will forbid it on account of my ill-timed sparrow-hooting?'. From Wordnik.com. [Holiday Tales] Reference
Economy so ill-timed argued as little in favour of the Governor's judgment as of his humanity. From Wordnik.com. [Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. (of 2)] Reference
I kept discreetly silent, fearing to break the flow of reminiscence by some ill-timed question. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference
Whatever may be the truth of the general charge, it was most ill-timed and ungrateful in his own case. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from Thucydides] Reference
I hope you will pardon me if the suggestion is ill-timed or out of taste; it is made in accordance with. From Wordnik.com. [Eveline Mandeville The Horse Thief Rival] Reference
But, before you begin, let me apologize for what I said in ill-timed jest about doctors being atheists. From Wordnik.com. ['Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands] Reference
The father, surprised and confused by this ill-timed mirth, severely rebuked his audience for their inattention. From Wordnik.com. [Anecdotes of Animals] Reference
Miss Turner drew herself up in astonishment and annoyance at the ill-timed intrusion of the three little tramps. From Wordnik.com. [Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls] Reference
The father, surprised and confounded at this ill-timed levity, severely rebuked his audience for their inattention. From Wordnik.com. [A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals] Reference
But describing a proposal as ill-timed is not quite the same as saying it is a terrible idea that must never happen. From Wordnik.com. [Future of the EU Is Up for Grabs] Reference
This ill-timed quarrel has been generally attributed to the pride, petulance, and jealousy of rank of the Duke of York. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
The critics of the future will judge the movement as ill-timed and fraught with little good and much ill to the Confederacy. From Wordnik.com. [History of Kershaw's Brigade] Reference
For, by no contumacy of his, nor by any vain ostentation of a spirit of liberty ill-timed, did he court fame or urge his fate. From Wordnik.com. [The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola] Reference
The would-be teachers of the people scatter the seed irrespectively of the soil, and the attempt, however laudable, is ill-timed. From Wordnik.com. [Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama] Reference
The new network provided gavel-to-gavel coverage, which left CNN open to criticism for its frequent and often ill-timed commercials. From Wordnik.com. [Palm Beach Lessons] Reference
A man may have in him a 'slumbering genius,' but unless he put forth the energy, his efforts will be spasmodic, ill-timed and scattered. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
CIT Group, the small-business lender that lost its way in an ill-timed foray into subprime, is a perfect example of those quick reflexes. From Wordnik.com. [The Comeback Country] Reference
This movie doesn't need an ill-timed rendezvous on a train platform: the supposedly perfect lives these people have built are messy enough. From Wordnik.com. [THE DIVINE MISS DELPY] Reference
Under this statute Mr. Drinkwater applied for 45,000l. and thanks to his ill-timed energy in urging his application, obtained his loan at 5 per cent., just before the Act of. From Wordnik.com. [Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.] Reference
Chafing under the difficulties they encountered, it is not surprising that at times they used language so ill-timed and unparliamentary as to call forth the censure of the House. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States] Reference
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