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How one could fancy the old Gambusino as he sat before his winter fire, half dozing in the solitude of his uncompanionable existence, revelling in all the illusions with which his mind was filled!

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James

He did not like, nor did he understand, the ways of the French boys; he was alone; he was homesick; and naturally he became sulky and uncompanionable.

From The Boy Life of Napoleon Afterwards Emperor of the French by Foa, Eugenie

I impute almost all that I had to complain of in their neglect, to my having been a little unsociable, uncompanionable mortal.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 3 Books for Children by Lamb, Mary

The other servants, too, were not only utterly uncompanionable, but deeply jealous of her, resenting her gentle breeding, her careful speech, her dainty personal ways, her room to herself, her loyalty to her mistress.

From The Mystery of Mary by Hill, Grace Livingston

Neither of them had yet descended to the level of trifles; and Elsa had no wish to share with persons uninteresting and uncompanionable her serious views of life.

From Parrot & Co. by MacGrath, Harold