Or had he perhaps been dishonourable enough to glance at a letter, in which Lark referred to him in terms uncomplimentary?. From Wordnik.com. [It Happened in Egypt] Reference
The comments weren't meant to be "uncomplimentary" abeg...just saying it like it is ooo. From Wordnik.com. [Am not evil o!] Reference
Never utter an uncomplimentary word against anyone. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
Gladding to be offended at his uncomplimentary frankness. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times] Reference
This uncomplimentary remark caused us all to laugh heartily. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua] Reference
What Mr. Dwyer said next was so uncomplimentary to the gallant. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories for English Courses] Reference
Truly the distrust of the Shukké Sama is most uncomplimentary. From Wordnik.com. [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference
Marjorie was forced to laugh at Jerry's uncomplimentary comparison. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore] Reference
I trust I know better than to say anything uncomplimentary about the. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z] Reference
Kayasths are, and very uncomplimentary proverbs are current about them. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
Scottish caution that was distinctly uncomplimentary to the Caledonian race. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
"I guess you'll do," was Eleanor's uncomplimentary comment when Judith had finished. From Wordnik.com. [Judy of York Hill] Reference
His letters are full of puns, and he bestows uncomplimentary nicknames upon his intimates. From Wordnik.com. [Story-Lives of Great Musicians] Reference
My answers -- and I was very particular -- raised quite a storm of uncomplimentary remarks. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands] Reference
"Sorry to have to run off in this uncomplimentary fashion, but I trust we shall meet again.". From Wordnik.com. [A Husband by Proxy] Reference
"So you did," smiled Patience, "but surely you must think other uncomplimentary things of me.". From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College] Reference
Connecticut and Massachusetts runaways came in for their full share of uncomplimentary epithets. From Wordnik.com. [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference
Presently he remembered that his moodiness, his silence, were uncomplimentary, cruel, to Violet. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle Girl] Reference
With wide open mouths those around turned to the quarter whence came these uncomplimentary terms. From Wordnik.com. [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference
Ranelagh was derived from uncomplimentary reflections on the mental conditions of its frequenters. From Wordnik.com. [Inns and Taverns of Old London] Reference
In the churchyard, says Mr. Lower, was once an inscription with this uncomplimentary first line. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
His correct name is, I think, the scavenger-beetle, though we used a much more uncomplimentary term. From Wordnik.com. [With Our Army in Palestine] Reference
It also draws uncomplimentary remarks from your opponents and sometimes occasions the use of a club. From Wordnik.com. [The Silly Syclopedia] Reference
She hated to say anything uncomplimentary of the person whom the law said she must regard as her aunt. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home] Reference
The following letter uncomplimentary to these two loyalists is found in Massachusetts Archives (cxcix, 278). From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884] Reference
"But it is there you are all in the wrong," says M. Linders, quite unmoved by his companion's uncomplimentary energy. From Wordnik.com. [My Little Lady] Reference
A Belarussian court recently sentenced two journalists to jail for publishing uncomplimentary comments about the president. From Wordnik.com. [Trouble Next Door] Reference
At Alexandria, on account of some uncomplimentary remarks by the citizens upon his appearance, he ordered a general massacre. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
"We'd like to have you take yourself off, somewhere, and stay till the day after the party," was Kat's uncomplimentary remark. From Wordnik.com. [Six Girls A Home Story] Reference
Netherlands, as well as some uncomplimentary remarks of the Dutch humorists on his personal appearance, had stirred his resentment. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Persis had come very near an uncomplimentary frankness, but her native tact had suddenly asserted itself and made the statement general. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
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