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The Times made ungallant references to Taft’s heft, and to the chief reason for his visit, to see his sister.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2022

“It’s a very ungallant way to ride, but the only way it works,” he said.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 14, 2019

There was no worst thing actually and I think it would be ungallant of me to say so even if there were.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2017

The other principal ensemble members are Amelda Brown and Rachel Redford, whose roles also involve transformations that it would be ungallant to reveal.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2014

Twelve or thirteen other vessels imitated this ungallant conduct, and when,—after a desperate encounter with the Royal Charles,—Opdam's ship blew up, the fate of the battle was decided.

From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva