Example Sentences

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Before such novelty of onslaught the British mind had breathless moments of feeling itself stupid and incapably aghast.

From Robin by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

They had broken through Namur, so incapably defended.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)

The lights were extinguished incapably by the rain which fell continually in his presence, but from his body there proceeded a luminous breath which sufficiently revealed the various incidents.

From The Mirror of Kong Ho by Bramah, Ernest

"What you have somewhat incapably overlooked, Ming-shu, is the fact that I never greet this intelligent and painstaking young man without reminding him of the imminence of his fate and of his suitability for it."

From Kai Lung's Golden Hours by Bramah, Ernest

"But did it never occur to you to ask at one of the stations?" he demanded, still continuing to wave his hands incapably from side to side.

From The Mirror of Kong Ho by Bramah, Ernest