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It would be very unseemly if the corpses had to put on immortality under the gaze of mere sight-seers.

She was afraid of her father, lest some unseemly things should happen, but did not know exactly what to do.

He has a hot temper and is likely to rip out with unseemly language; you would do well not to say anything at all.

The unseemly appearance of this dirty garment was heightened by the circumstance that he had not taken the trouble to adjust it properly.

Eroticism was, in some way, dangerous business, unseemly to his way of thinking.

Six of the 18 judges will also be replaced, in a ballot preceded by an unseemly round of bargaining and canvassing.

He said one philanthropist felt that slapping her name on a large gift during times of crisis would seem 'unseemly and gauche. '

Do not fear: in a few minutes' reading I can break the spell and liberate you from this unseemly condition.

Most astonishingly, the ministry appeared in unseemly haste to remove the wreckage and, mystifyingly, even bury some of it.

Critics contend that Obama's proposals risk setting off an unseemly flood of political grasping for a share in the money.

Awkwardly for the West, China has the greatest leverage, thanks to its unseemly haste to invest in North Korea's mines and ports.

Beethoven's unseemly, sometimes even rude, appearance and manner impaired his contemporaries' and acceptance of his music and himself.

There is something strange and unseemly about this lack of reflection on the end of the Iraq war.

China's Communist party has long condoned a form of private property in the cities, unleashing a sometimes unseemly scramble for ownership.

Jean: A great painter draws his daughter with nothing on her. Isn't it unseemly?

He couldn't easily imagine a prince with such an unseemly name, until he thought about Prince Kreenuuar's fate and the black cloud.

Even in affairs of the heart, it is considered unseemly to show one's feelings except behind closed doors, and even then with moderation .

Beijing is concerned enough about the risk of default from the U. S. after the unseemly squabbling over the debt ceiling.

company officials saying it would be unseemly to have a lavish party in troubled economic times.

When I grew up, my mother told me it was unseemly for young girls to go about alone at night or travel without an older companion.

The details of his administration's patronage scandal, as is usual in such cases, are tedious and unseemly.

It's getting unseemly. Books were once such handsome things. Suddenly they seem clunky, heavy, almost fleshy in their gross materiality.

Its unseemly ties with the country's famously conservative bureaucracy have prevented it from tackling Japan's pressing social problems.

Many shun lavish restaurants, because to eat in such places would be unseemly while other people are suffering in evacuation centres.

Shelley's heart was given to Hunt, who subsequently, not without reluctance and unseemly dispute, resigned it to Mrs.

I find either method of putting the private parts of strangers on public display unseemly.

Now, the ravages of the credit crunch have Western banks exiting their investments with unseemly haste.

Open thy door to that which must go, for the loss becomes unseemly when obstructed.

Some would express it even more negatively, if possible, and say with unseemly elation: So there is no devil after all!

Being the principal of a high school, Jane's position allowed of no unseemly behavior in public.

But it is not only unseemly for wealthy Europeans to be looking for alms from China, it is bad policy.

Language use is an art, expensive at unseemly and at literary works shape the characters is also the case when the truth.

Under Alabama law, anyone who wears a false mustache in church and causes "unseemly laughter" is subject to arrest.

Pundits predict some unseemly scrambling within Likud in the days ahead for the jobs still remaining.

the vestibule was filled with the unseemly sounds of scuffling and drunken , husky gasping.

The first cautionary lesson from these unseemly goings-on is that America's corporate-governance mess is still, alas, unresolved.

Back home the flooding has led to loud calls to cancel his unseemly jet-setting.

First, it feels unseemly to use such deceptive practices to evaluate doctors and hospitals.

The pampering is almost unseemly, some (including the Palestinians) might say.

His tirade against Mr Paulson is unseemly as well as unconvincing.

Here's the other unseemly thing that happens when your pelvis tilts forward: Your belly protrudes, making you look 5 months pregnant.

As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.

Instead it often seems lost in unseemly rearguard actions to preserve a fading status.

Yet despite this unseemly outpouring, the biggest problem of all - mental health - remains tight shut.

Until 2007, the GIC tended to assume that it would never need to engage in asset firesales or unseemly investment exits.

"I think her unseemly rush to always garner headlines has finally done her in, " Emery added.

At a minimum, it might appear unseemly to jump in before taking care of the home front.

be put to some unseemly tasks, working for a cruel master. Or, may be.

"Small men oft feel a need to prove their courage with unseemly boasts, " he declared.

but stealing a family's nanny is so unseemly.

First we discussed our unseemly mid-life urges: his to do triathlons, mine to buy bright green shoes with six-inch heels.

It was unseemly to yield to such pressure.

In Asia, it is simply considered unseemly to fire staff in large numbers.

Still, as a sign that things are improving, this is more reassuring than an unseemly boom in investment banking.

The morbidity of the death watch is an unseemly subject, but it is the elephant in the room.

THEY didn't come to unseemly diplomatic blows. Perhaps they should have.

It is an unseemly question, yet I will answer you.

Some of the questions: Is it unseemly to spend money publicly?

But in the months leading to that night, the pageant has been slapped with unseemly controversy.

Because I work when I'm away, there is no unseemly dash before I go.

The Met could not spare the manpower and expertise to study thousands of cases of unseemly but hardly life-threatening tabloid skulduggery.

Chinese officials have been trying to stamp out unseemly practices like spitting and littering,

language unbecomIng to a gentleman. What is unseemly or Indelicate is In gross violation of good taste

The glee of Eurosceptics over the euro crisis is unseemly and dangerous

Opinions on "Unseemly Effect" --Principle of Justice in Contract Law

be vituperated for unseemly behavior

love vaunteth not itelf, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly;

no unseemly behavior in public