Example Sentences

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The gentleman tax-gatherer, still smarting under the rebuff given him, the smart shared by his servant, had ill-manneredly left the gate open behind them.

From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne

Travelling abroad, the man from this country was wont to assume, and if opposed to contend, ill-manneredly sometimes, that its institutions were far the best in the world.

From History of the United States, Volume 3 by Andrews, Elisha Benjamin

He had his paws on the table, and was most ill-manneredly trying to find out what was wrapped up in the paper with the lovely meaty smell.

From Winona of the Camp Fire by Widdemer, Margaret