Example Sentences

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“Mr. Drummle,” said Mrs. Pocket, “will you ring for Flopson? Jane, you undutiful little thing, go and lie down. Now, baby darling, come with ma!”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

He proved, too, an intractable and undutiful son; but that was the result to be expected, and we cannot join Thackeray in his sentimental snivel over George the Third.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)

Most men would cast off a son for a tenth of the undutiful conduct Roland has shown towards me; but I waive that.

From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram

They also looked upon it as the emblem of undutiful children, from the idle belief that the viper came into the world by piercing an opening in its mother’s side.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

Then how are they gone this morning?—those undutiful children, I mean, who have chosen to set off this morning without even leaving a message for us.

From The Vicar of Wrexhill by Trollope, Mrs