How sad to see such inelegance replace old grandeur. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, the Horror] Reference
He was coming towards me, striding with dangerous inelegance. From Wordnik.com. [The Skrayling Tree]
‘Sez you!’ retorted Laura with her usual force and inelegance. From Wordnik.com. [The Dancing Druids]
For the first time his soul revolted against the dull inelegance of Capel. From Wordnik.com. [Dubliners] Reference
There were nearly twenty men in the delegation, representing every shade of inelegance. From Wordnik.com. [Bruvver Jim's Baby] Reference
Its inelegance and rawness are excused in part by its evident solidity and sincerity of appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880.] Reference
Despite his discomfiture and the inelegance of his situation the stormwarden was still in there punching. From Wordnik.com. [Angry Lead Skies]
Mr. McGuire, now in his 23rd year at '21,' seems to lament the new leniency, and the inelegance of it all. From Wordnik.com. [Jacket (Not) Required] Reference
I fear an inaccuracy, or, at least, inelegance of diction, which will wrong, and lower, the best and justest matter. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman] Reference
"Same here," Chameleon said, flashing Trent a breathtaking smile that more than made up for the inelegance of her speech. From Wordnik.com. [A Spell For Chameleon]
Learn its heav-iness and inelegance in the short time before it dried and crumbled, in order to do the tasks she had set for herself. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark Queen]
These are all works in progress, and all lacking context, so excuse any present inelegance; the final versions will be great, I swear. From Wordnik.com. [Got Meme?] Reference
Of pride, indeed, there was, perhaps, scarcely enough; his indifference to a confusion of rank bordered too much on inelegance of mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Least-Liked Austen: Thoughts on Emma] Reference
Leith's sartorial inelegance always seemed to be a source of concern for her and she leaned forward across the desk to get a better look. From Wordnik.com. [Neurosurgical Intervention For Beginners] Reference
The crudeness and inelegance of his style of which. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
Or in the giactful ami the grand ConfefsM inelegance of hand. From Wordnik.com. [Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of ...] Reference
Yet Aunt Maude's plumpness was not the plumpness of inelegance. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress Anne] Reference
Pray excuse the inelegance of this scrawl, and believe me yours in haste. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Box] Reference
But great inelegance of diction disgraced our language even so late as in. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions] Reference
For the first time his soul revolted against the dull inelegance of Capel Street. From Wordnik.com. [Dubliners] Reference
In the act there was the inelegance of one whose feelings are nipped and wishes defeated. From Wordnik.com. [The Mayor of Casterbridge] Reference
'Here, among the hosts of ladies who write with care and inelegance, comes a woman artist. From Wordnik.com. [A Dozen Ways Of Love] Reference
Yet the girl and dog made rather a pretty picture, despite the inelegance of Vixen's attitude. From Wordnik.com. [Vixen, Volume I.] Reference
I think, in my preference for aesthetical inelegance, this is a perfect match to my Pug Pillow. From Wordnik.com. [design boner] Reference
There was a stiffness and inelegance in his address which prepossessed me strongly against him. From Wordnik.com. [Pelham — Complete] Reference
You must tell me what you think of them, and you must not spare a single blunder or inelegance. From Wordnik.com. [Pages from a Journal with Other Papers] Reference
But physical observation is what counts, and there is no logical obstacle to mathematical inelegance. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
He had no talent for wealth, and knew how to be poor without the least hint of squalor or inelegance. From Wordnik.com. [Excursions] Reference
“Right first pip!” he observed, with almost boyish inelegance, of course, but rather expressively. From Wordnik.com. [The Saltmarsh Murders]
To these had been added here and there pieces of many different styles and shades of modern inelegance. From Wordnik.com. [One Woman's Life] Reference
And as long as meanings are clear, good Logic is compatible with false concords and inelegance of style. From Wordnik.com. [Logic Deductive and Inductive] Reference
Intolerant of inelegance and bombast, the Athenians required not only graceful speech, but speech to the point. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius] Reference
I am somewhat comforted by this, and choose to attribute my recent inelegance as a response to such life changes. From Wordnik.com. [Catapult Magazine] Reference
The inelegance of the appellation perhaps explains why the bird has been permitted to retain it for quite a long while unchanged. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
Of pride, indeed, there was, perhaps, scarcely enough; his indifference to a confusion of rank, bordered too much on inelegance of mind. From Wordnik.com. [Emma] Reference
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