It was one of those days in June, in which our summer-hopes take umbrage at what we call unseasonable weather, though no season was ever known to pass without them. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies] Reference
This hour seemed to him and to Mrs. Peterkin unseasonable, at a time of year when the sun was not up, and he would have been obliged to go to the expense of candles. From Wordnik.com. [The Peterkin Papers] Reference
Rene Heroux, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, called the unseasonable weather a heat wave. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
Dean McCarron, principal of Mercury Research, is anticipating an "unseasonable" PC growth from 0 to 5 percent for Q4. From Wordnik.com. [EE Times-Asia] Reference
Moreover, no person is "to drink or tipple at unseasonable times in houses of entertainment," -- the "unseasonable" time being declared to be after nine in the evening. From Wordnik.com. [Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature] Reference
This unseasonable insolence incensed his prisoner. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
Or perhaps we killed it with unseasonable pampering. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943] Reference
The unseasonable thunder and lightning continued relentlessly. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
Snow -- (In season) good harvest; (unseasonable) discouragement. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
I beseech you that you show not an unseasonable good-will towards me. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
At last, surprised and annoyed by so unseasonable a peal, the servant appeared. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867] Reference
A more untoward, unseasonable request the Fates could not have put into his lips. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851] Reference
He suffered much from a strong desire to burst into fits of unseasonable laughter. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.] Reference
Therefore it is necessary that war should not be commenced at this unseasonable time. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
When, however, fresh foods are unseasonable, their price may greatly exceed that of canned foods. From Wordnik.com. [School and Home Cooking] Reference
His small library had received a most unseasonable addition, the account of the lamentable end of. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
The supply of blankets, however, proved insufficient for such unseasonable weather, and, like Oliver. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
"Pardon such an unseasonable call, but I wish to see Mr. Lovering, who, I understand, has rooms here.". From Wordnik.com. [That Mainwaring Affair] Reference
The upcoming G8 summit in St. Petersburg is scheduled for July -- and an unseasonable chill is in the air. From Wordnik.com. [International Periscope] Reference
"I can't, by no means, do nothing of the sort, at this unseasonable hour," said the coachman, a little more boldly. From Wordnik.com. [Nearly Lost but Dearly Won] Reference
We liked the pilseners we tried, pale and refreshing in the unseasonable heat we were greeted with upon our arrival. From Wordnik.com. [Rebecca Kosick: An American Vegetarian in Germany] Reference
That's quite a feat since we were surrounded by unseasonable dryness throughout much of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic. From Wordnik.com. [Forecast: Plenty of sun and low humidity] Reference
Another period of unseasonable cold followed Tuesday's snowstorm and increased the already long list of sufferers from the storm. From Wordnik.com. [The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado] Reference
It is a raw, biting morning, and the piercing wind makes the khaki uniforms that flit here and there look altogether unseasonable. From Wordnik.com. [From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa] Reference
For example, an unseasonable warm spell occurred in Columbus during the latter part of the first week in April of the current year. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
This contention occupied men's thoughts at a most unseasonable time, when a war of such importance was on hand: until when Julius and. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08] Reference
Sick, sick, sick, we tsked, shaking our heads and pulling our quilted jackets a little tighter to cinch out the unseasonable snowfall. From Wordnik.com. [The Perimeter] Reference
How many have paid with their lives the penalty of an unseasonable journey in Syria, especially on the coast between Beyrout and Jerusalem. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
The meat was good, the vegetables appetizing, and the conversation lagged so much that there was no chance for unseasonable interruptions during the meal. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Adventures on Strange Islands] Reference
She almost felt inclined to fetch Mr. Chadwell, instead of disturbing Minnie at this unseasonable hour, but feared it might have a fatal effect on the dying woman. From Wordnik.com. [Hollowmell or, A Schoolgirl's Mission] Reference
This step he seemed to have taken at an unseasonable time; because both the consuls then happened to be patricians, who declared that they would take no account of him. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08] Reference
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