Example Sentences

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He speaks with an eloquence that is offset by a ribald wit and an unpriestly turn of phrase.

From The New Yorker • May 20, 2019

When his superior died and Yakouba was next in line for a bishopric his unpriestly ways made the appointment impossible.

From Time Magazine Archive

Father Amadi came early the next morning, looking even more unpriestly than before, in khaki shorts that stopped just below his knees.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The words of the splendid poem mingled in the mind of Maurice with the most incongruous and unpriestly thoughts.

From The Puritans by Bates, Arlo

Great ill feeling was aroused against Thangbrand by this unpriestly incident, and he went back full of penitence to King Olaf.

From Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age by Leighton, Robert