malgré lui

British  

/ malɡre lyi /

adverb

1. in spite of himself

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

malgré lui

But the saint, if he have a reasonable sense of his pastoral duty, gets, malgré lui, a very fair share of that open-air medicine which is supposed to be the great lack of his profession.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 by Various

He had no hankering for the East and no grudge against fate for making him a Western man malgré lui.

From A Touch of Sun and Other Stories by Mary Hallock Foote

In reality it was hardly more than the withdrawal from public business of a tired statesman malgré lui who had persistently sought to be relieved of his charge ever since his first appointment.

From England and Germany by William Morris Hughes

The other night, when Hamley's Motion on behalf of Volunteers was, malgré lui, carried against the Government, you'd have thought, to look on Treasury Bench, that some good news had suddenly flashed upon them.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 29, 1890 by Various

He did recognise the existence of homologies, but rather malgré lui, because the facts forced it upon him.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---