Example Sentences

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And 'tis proper to them both, and I hope not unbeseeming me, who am by my profession a divine, and by mine inclination a physician.

From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert

Self-seeking in creatures is a monstrous and incongruous thing; it is as absurd, and unbeseeming a creature, to seek its own glory, as to attribute to itself its own being.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

It were a foolish and ridiculous counsel, unbeseeming the poor wisdom of man, to purpose the glorifying of man whom he had not yet determined to create.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

That is not out of disrespect to you, but because I think it would be unbeseeming to me.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

Your prompt and uncourteous sword-in-hand attendance on the sovereign is no longer necessary, and would be as unbeseeming as your old-fashioned serving- men, with their badges, broadswords, and bucklers, would be at a court-mask.

From The Fortunes of Nigel by Scott, Walter, Sir