I suppose the calls of the stupid and curious, especially of newspaper reporters, are always inopportune. From LearnThat.org. [Helen Keller (1880-1968), U.S. blind/deaf author, lecturer.]
Arrived at a most inopportune hour. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
His presence in Miss Moore's house at a time so inopportune is unexplained. From Wordnik.com. [The Filigree Ball] Reference
Sir Granite had returned most unexpectedly, at a moment that could best be described as inopportune. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Apropos of Nothing] Reference
I’m sure every person on this earth has at one time or another experienced a moment of discomfort even in inopportune moments in public. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Martin Rolling Stone Magazine Interview June 2008] Reference
In a statement, the royal palace called a political crisis "inopportune". From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie] Reference
Govt calls Fiat temporary plant shutdown 'inopportune' as it moves on scrapping incentives. From Wordnik.com. [Market News] Reference
Lutz did say he was "genuinely saddened" by Henderson's departure and, slightly more tendentiously, described the timing as "inopportune". From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Govt calls Fiat temporary plant shutdown 'inopportune' as it moves on scrapping incentives Colleen Barry, The Associated Press, January 27, 2010 - 7: 43 a.m. From Wordnik.com. [Market News] Reference
Economic Development Minister Claudio Scajola called the timing "inopportune," and has delayed extending the scrappage incentives even while indicating they would go ahead. From Wordnik.com. [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference
"inopportune" decision to establish diplomatic ties with the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Then at this most inopportune moment, Joel entered. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
Yet, the controversy surfaces at an inopportune time. From Wordnik.com. [Chips Off The Block] Reference
Firstly, for passing out at such an inopportune moment. From Wordnik.com. [A Letter to the Girl I May or May Not Have Slept With Last Night] Reference
This inopportune glimpse of her cancelled all reasoning. From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
Germany's troubles come at an inopportune moment for Europe. From Wordnik.com. [Rot At Europe's Core] Reference
Fragments of talk showed him that his visit was most inopportune. From Wordnik.com. [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference
The publication of this letter came at a most inopportune time for the. From Wordnik.com. [Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him] Reference
But it may be claimed that it is inopportune to discuss this question of. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
Anstice, with that exasperatingly inopportune way of his, called out. From Wordnik.com. [Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes] Reference
This hour so opportune was also most inopportune, -- such sorrow at home!. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
A certain number of interruptions will come at the most inopportune moments. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
We've all been there: at the most inopportune time, your cell phone battery dies. From Wordnik.com. [CES 2010: No outlets? Charge your phone manually with the YoGen] Reference
They had descended below the level of the storm-cloud at a most inopportune moment. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
The turmoil in the music operations couldn't have erupted at a more inopportune time. From Wordnik.com. [America In The Balance] Reference
And I take this opportunity to tell you, Lieutenant, that your visit is most inopportune. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
In view of popular indignation he resigned in order to avoid making inopportune declarations to the chamber. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
But now is a particularly inopportune time to raise rates, as small businesses are still struggling from the recession. From Wordnik.com. [The Small Business The 97% Fallacy] Reference
Justin put his hands in his pockets, the character of her opening rendering sentimental advances ludicrously inopportune. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
"Because," he said, "I have been doing things lately that sometimes seem inopportune, -- that concert for example, and --". From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
Perhaps not so natural, a return of the twinges of conscience that had been afflicting him of late at inopportune moments. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
Well, apart from stumbling and reverentially kneeling on most inopportune occasions, I have not much fault to find with him. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
The horse is exaggeration of pose and muscle; being equally strained, though not rampant, as that inopportune charger on which. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
Here am I now, a most utter bad lot, and Evadne knows it, and what does she do? apologizes for appearing at an inopportune time!. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
A tactical success may be not only useless, but actually inopportune, if it is out of accord with the plans of the higher command. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918] Reference
Well convinced by experience of the solidity of her virtue, he seized the present apparently inopportune occasion of testing it anew. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation] Reference
Slim and Jerry at once recognized him as the youth who had similarly suggested a plum pudding, also sausage, at a most inopportune time. From Wordnik.com. [The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service] Reference
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