English literature's debt to, 98; his "indelicacy," 99; irrelevancy, 99. From Wordnik.com. [Some Diversions of a Man of Letters] Reference
She was silent, as if surprised in some indelicacy. From Wordnik.com. [In Chancery] Reference
You are so intrigued you ignore the indelicacy of his analogy. From Wordnik.com. [Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas]
It is the rare utterance that goes by without some similar indelicacy. From Wordnik.com. [FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER] Reference
Are there people who, at the risk of indelicacy, who lobby for the papacy?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2005] Reference
It was a bitter thing to associate indelicacy with one like little Louie; but -- hang it!. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
And besides, wot ye not the indelicacy of an early present, which you are not vblied to make?. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Charles Grandison] Reference
The cruelty and indelicacy of it all made him hate, where, heretofore, he had but felt contempt. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce of the North Woods] Reference
Cerwood, and had suffered her character to be infected by the indelicacy that made a part of his own. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla] Reference
“But there seems an indelicacy in directing his attentions towards her so soon after this event.”. From Wordnik.com. [Pride and Prejudice] Reference
It is a piece of rudeness to stare at anybody, and it is an act of indelicacy to stare at a gentleman. From Wordnik.com. [The Moonstone] Reference
Guiltily Caleb knew that his next question would savor of indelicacy, but he had to ask it just the same. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
"I am in a position," he declared, "to produce unquestionable evidence of the indelicacy of her performance.". From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference
There was something of indelicacy and dissimulation in an appointed interview, on her part, that shocked her. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of the Forest] Reference
For Taylor, Britain was a nation of sobriety and industry in contrast to the indelicacy and luxuriance of France. 5. From Wordnik.com. [Haunted Britain in the 1970s] Reference
He could deem it no indelicacy that she suffered Molly to be present, since she was the negociator of his own choice. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla] Reference
If the charge of indelicacy is to be brought against either, it would, I think, weigh most heavily against the latter. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873] Reference
The muncher made no answer: the indelicacy of the question stunned her: all in the dark as she was, she felt her face flame. From Wordnik.com. [Growing Pains] Reference
All that is most abominable in the confessional has been with unsparing and irreverent indelicacy forced before the public mind. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series] Reference
Finns and five Bacchanals, but their movements, though extremely lively and energetic, are not marked by any particular indelicacy. From Wordnik.com. [The Satyricon — Complete] Reference
At length he bethought himself of a method the most likely to answer the purpose, without the appearance of forwardness or indelicacy. From Wordnik.com. [The "Ladies of Llangollen" as Sketched by Many Hands; with Notices of Other Objects of Interest in "That Sweetest of Vales"] Reference
Why is the grossness and indelicacy, publicly permitted in England, unknown in France, where private morality is certainly at a lower ebb?. From Wordnik.com. [The Paris Sketch Book] Reference
Mr. Harding, as he came to the close of the letter, in his heart condemned his daughter for indelicacy, and it made him miserable to do so. From Wordnik.com. [Barchester Towers] Reference
Soft and delicate in manners as a lady, none could ever presume in his presence to say a word or do an act tinged with rudeness, still less indelicacy. From Wordnik.com. [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886] Reference
She is prettily indignant at the thought of female physicians: there is nothing improper in having diseases, but to cure them would be indelicacy indeed. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
Quite apart from its indelicacy (his father would surely have said "stop accumulating this deep do-do"), Bush's comment reveals a willful ignorance of political realities. From Wordnik.com. [James Heffernan: Do We Really Want to See Another Week of Killing in Lebanon?] Reference
Though much taken aback at this indelicacy, she answered firmly, 'Yes, of course.'. From Wordnik.com. [Te Deum laudamus!] Reference
Because of Carol's indelicacy right out of high school, Chuck's father took him immediately into the family business and made him a junior. From Wordnik.com. [VInvesting.com] Reference
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