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They had tea in silence; except that Agnes, with dreadful inopportuneness, continually worried her father for a definite promise that she might leave school at Christmas.

From Anna of the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

Had the prophetical talent been vouchsafed to him, he would have detected the inopportuneness of the acts of his Council.

From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by Draper, John William

This was news worth hearing, and I forgave the L.C.P. the inopportuneness of her interruption with Nell.

From The Chauffeur and the Chaperon by Anderson, Karl

The man appeared conscious of the inopportuneness of his intrusion, and despatched his business in nervous haste, clinking the pendants of the cut-glass chandelier in a manner that his mistress would have highly disapproved of.

From A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel by Cambridge, Ada

She tried not to say more about it, as though she suddenly realized the inopportuneness of her last words.

From The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster