Example Sentences

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With a dispensation that would have been dutiful which he had done undutifully without one.

From Mariquita A Novel by Ayscough, John

"Oh, mother, cut out that 'peculiar' business—it makes me tired!" said Garth undutifully.

From The Next of Kin Those who Wait and Wonder by McClung, Nellie L.

He laughed most undutifully and then his face twitched grimly.

From The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Conrad, Joseph

But he was painfully anxious to exculpate himself from the guilt of having acted undutifully and disrespectfully towards France.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Osborne looked amused, and Aynsley undutifully grinned, but Miss Dexter’s expression hinted at rather grim astonishment.

From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold