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    Use "untoward" in a sentence

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    untoward


    1. The Man helped Robbie to his feet and dusted him down, as though nothing untoward had happened


    2. And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation


    3. untoward happened at all on any of the streets or lanes that lead


    4. not been able to find anything untoward


    5. At the same time, Ammon could not allow the hive to suspect that something untoward was happening


    6. Any untoward behaviour could result in severe punishment, or even being sold as a slave


    7. The untoward events at the library had certainly got around


    8. “The attack will take place at 11am so we will start moving up to the start line now and then we will be in plenty of time should anything untoward happen


    9. He hadn’t noticed anything untoward about Manna since his talk with Halon, not that he expected to either


    10. In fact, in the dream, he could easily have forced himself on her, and her dream-self had been more than willing! But he had done nothing untoward, only roused her lust to heights she had never imagined possible, and with her full participation!

    11. Although he could see and hear nothing untoward, there was an implicit feeling that something was not right


    12. escaping from some untoward situation, and imagined that she was


    13. The scribe appeared to have noticed nothing untoward


    14. At first, he could see in his mind nothing untoward


    15. That someone would be Lord Ralph Tregannon, but what kind of attack did he expect? In Simon’s recent travels, nothing untoward had reached him


    16. Above them, the cliff was still in the shadows of night and for long moments he couldn’t see anything untoward


    17. We discussed Bob’s itinerary while in Tokyo and concluded there was nothing untoward or unusual about it


    18. Nonetheless, Tommy would stay with him until wheels-up just in case he made any untoward moves


    19. If we have the bomb squad sent in there and the alarms cut off and there’s nothing untoward, we’ll look stupid


    20. “Captain, it would be my honor to be Captain Darwin’s escort for the evening and ensure that nothing untoward happens

    21. I don’t know how long it took me to scrub the floor clean of all traces of blood, or how many were the buckets of scarlet water I emptied, before I was satisfied that no trace remained, to the most assiduous eye, that anything untoward had ever happened there


    22. When I began this intermittent journal, all those years ago, it was with the intention of explaining to any future interested party, the tragic circumstances surrounding Anthea’s origins and the reason for her muteness, should anything untoward have happened to me


    23. Murray settled down on the back seat and studied the registration numbers of the vehicles as they came and went from the car park, it was just before noon when a Nissan Patrol with the registration Murray was looking for came rolling down the ramp and parked two bays away from the lift door, Mr Hawk stepped from the car and gave a casual glance around the car park, at least it would have looked like a casual glance to an onlooker but Murray knew better, Mr Hawk had scanned the whole car park looking for a threat, he had counted and evaluated every car in the car park, finding nothing untoward he then walked to the lift door and disappeared from Murray’s view, Murray stayed were he was without moving and sure enough two minutes later Mr Hawk stuck his head around the lift door and studied the car park again, checking that nothing had changed, he was behaving exactly as a professional should, as Murray would behave if the roles were reversed, although Mr Hawk would never recognise the fact he had placed himself at a slight mental disadvantage, Mr Hawk’s first impression of Mr Jay had been less than flattering, in fact he thought Mr Jay was a bit of a dork, a clever dork but never the less a dork, not a professional like himself just someone who played around with safe’s and lock’s, this was exactly the impression Murray had set out to promote, even though Murray had outsmarted him, Mr Hawk’s subconscious had still not discarded this first impression that Mr Jay was a gifted amateur, the prison sentence for receiving a measly amount of jewellery reinforced this opinion, this gave Murray a huge advantage


    24. If anything unusual or untoward happens, just push the buzzer and contact me by intercom


    25. them here because that seems to have an untoward effect on some


    26. 'You couldn't stop me if you wanted to,' Grobut said, leaning forwards, 'As you know, I have your Eryx stashed away in a very safe place, and I'm sure you very desperately want it back before anything untoward should happen


    27. 'If, however, you decide to come back here, there should be plenty of time for me to disarm it before anything untoward happens


    28. To Annie’s relief, nothing seemed untoward in the house


    29. 'The problem is that I detect a near-critical mass, and if anything untoward happens, we might initiate a chain reaction which could damage not only Plesent, but also cause severe damage to all the dimensions in which it exists


    30. In the other sections he could hear the hue and cry of beasts and unknown creatures as if beckoning him to his untoward end

    31. " They proceeded cautiously into the room, swords advanced, watching for anything untoward


    32. I was also supposed to bug the flat, but eventually, because of a total lack of evidence of anything untoward, I took the decision not to


    33. waking, when you retire for sleep, sleep with the constant echo of it, so that no untoward things


    34. As far as I could recall, we hadn’t done anything untoward throughout the evening


    35. Then, as though nothing untoward had happened, he went back to sitting with his friends and continued to enjoy himself…


    36. Satisfied that he had found nothing untoward he gave the order for them to march ahead


    37. goes wrong but nothing untoward happens unless some-


    38. Parents think that they should inform their children of all the untoward events that come with life


    39. My grand mother sobbed at this point but quickly cleans her eyes, drew me closer to her side and said to me, “We have consulted and appeased all shrines and deities in our land, and we have their assurances that nothing untoward would happen to you


    40. A crew had been sent out to the professor’s house with a search warrant and even though they had yet to report anything untoward, it was always possible something incriminating would be discovered

    41. The couples are always within eyesight of chaperones, so nothing untoward can happen


    42. I almost told him he'd mistaken her and she wasn't suggesting he'd do anything untoward, but I couldn't be sure if that assessment was correct


    43. She sat back down in her chair, smoothed her skirt over her lap and gave my sister a polite smile as if nothing was untoward


    44. "Aiden," Riordan said, smiling at him as if nothing untoward was happening


    45. many in editorial but I will see to it that nothing untoward happens


    46. Should anything untoward happen during


    47. him for a very long time,” he said, ensuring nothing untoward was on the move


    48. Only settling when certain nothing untoward was happening, through the breaking


    49. And then come in and make you say or do one single untoward action, or feel one single feeling that is not you, that does not come from you: but comes from their poisoning your soul and body secretly


    50. anything untoward was to venture into the sleeping camp


































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    Synonyms for "untoward"

    adverse inauspicious untoward indecent indecorous unbecoming uncomely unseemly disturbing irritating obstinate refractory uncouth inimical

    "untoward" definitions

    not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society


    contrary to your interests or welfare