Example Sentences

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There was no fierceness or defiance in his look, no harsh ungentleness, no symptom of his unlawful life or violent temper; but rather a peaceful and peaceable fearlessness.

From Old Creole Days by Cable, George Washington

There was no ungentleness in the push, simply the determined pressure of an arrogant man who was accustomed to being in the center of things, and thinking nothing of shoving to get there.

From Progress Report by Apostolides, Alex

In all the long course of his dealing with the life of English society, I can think of but two or three instances of ungentleness.

From English Society by Du Maurier, George

I will defy any harsh taskmaster to take me among his men, and prevent my reading in their demeanour the fact of his ungentleness.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various

Ye have been named wrong, for ye have long been called a gentle knight, and as this day ye have showed me great ungentleness, for ye had almost brought me unto my death.

From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Malory, Thomas, Sir