Example Sentences

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She pitied the delusion and dreaded the awakening to a true insight into his nature; to a consciousness of the utter uncongeniality which, she fancied, barred all thought of such a union.

From Beulah by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

Lord Mayo discerned clearly how far this result was due to their own neglect, and how far to the unsuitability or uncongeniality of our educational methods.

From The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India by Hunter, William Wilson

She knew the sorrows of suspense, bereavement, and family disunion; and he, before his twenty-fourth year, had made experience of adversity, uncongeniality, disappointment, and severe—almost hopeless—everyday labour. 

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

“I don’t,” grumbled the other, on whom the dearth of comfort, together with the uncongeniality of the position, was beginning to tell.

From The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley by Mitford, Bertram

He points out the fact that the long story of Agnes’s uncongeniality rests solely on Pirkheimer’s letter, and then shows that that ponderous burgher had reasons for personal hostility to her.

From Dürer Artist-Biographies by Sweetser, M. F.