ungraciousness

The strongest argument for the divine grace is simply its ungraciousness.

But Aladdin had now thrown off the ungraciousness of his boyhood.

Instead, he said with only moderate ungraciousness: "No matter.

Which brings us to problem No. 3: ungraciousness.

O pardon me, I seem to be ungraciousness itself.'

Once more it was the tone of voice, the ungraciousness of attitude, that rankled.

They had shared many thoughts and feelings over the two years of their friendship, and ungraciousness was alien to her nature.

He showed no annoyance at her ungraciousness.

One hasty wanderer, coming in, and eating without ungraciousness what is set before him, the landlord lets off almost scot-free.

She said again: "No, it isn't mine," and added, as if with a sense of ungraciousness, "Thank you."

Frasier then takes his next call, only to find that it is Martin on the line who, in explaining the problem, apologizes for his ungraciousness.

Others may (very rightly) rebuke the ingratitude and ungraciousness of this objection; what staggers me is the misunderstanding it betrays.

The Advisory Commission is headed by Harvard President Lowell, who has "a remarkable talent for ungraciousness."

Alas, some cyberworks combine all the annoyances of interactive art (prurience, ritual, ungraciousness and moral superiority) to produce a mega-annoyance: total frustration.

These new-look All Blacks, who have been told by management that the often churlish ungraciousness of other recent seasons is not acceptable, stayed for more than an hour.

Hathall shrugged at this typical sample of his family's ungraciousness, and said as brusquely, 'Satisfied ?' '

Hereat the Moorman turned to Aladdin and said: "Why is this, O son of my brother, thou goest about in such ungraciousness?

They can't blame Tonya Harding's emotional unlacing for the judges' old-world political alliances, or the ungraciousness that spilled over the minute the networks ceased rolling the tape.

She gave him hers rather reluctantly, but her reluctance was perhaps only part and parcel of that ungraciousness which seemed to be a feature of all the Hathalls and all their connections.

This need to be always in charge - not to mention the bouts of anti-semitism, womanising, and a kind of generalised ungraciousness - makes Dahl a tricky customer for a biographer.

I have yet to try other dishes at Andiamo, which must work hard to overcome the ungraciousness of declaring on the menu a minimum of $20 per person for Friday, Saturday and Sunday dinners.

Then, as he reflected silently on the ungraciousness of his desire to flee one of the great human tragedies of our time, he composed himself and concluded that here was a mystery greater than he could resolve.

Her mother's ungraciousness, made the sense of what they owed him more painful to Elizabeth's mind; and she would, at times, have given anything to be privileged to tell him that his kindness was neither unknown nor unfelt by the whole of the family.

Art Fraud A handful of art historians are accusing Robert Hughes of plagiarism at worst, and ungraciousness at best, in failing to credit their scholarship in his recently published epic survey of American art, American Visions.

But most of the things he did to upset people were minor really - bad temper, ungraciousness, complaints about Dan Padgett's inefficiency, late delivery of his food, the fact that the boat wasn't always available when he wanted a trip round the island, that sort of thing.