Example Sentences

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When Grant came to Washington to take overall command of the Union armies in early 1864, he struck one officer as “stumpy, unmilitary, slouchy.”

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2016

Syverson, 55, has a Ph.D. in philosophy and looks distinctly unmilitary in an oversize flannel shirt and cargo pants.

From BusinessWeek • Jan. 23, 2014

The Army's new women's auxiliary set an unmilitary precedent last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

To get volunteers, the services had spent $1,128,175 in the fiscal year 1951 for such unmilitary radio & TV shows as roller-derbies, The Shadow, and Ralph Flanagan's band.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bull walked down the long polished hall with a bouncing gait that was distinctively unmilitary.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy