Sentence examples for a unseemly from inspiring English sources

The bad news is, like cockroaches, these people never go away and put a unseemly taint on anything that resembles progress.

Some of the entries seemed trivial, or obscure, or both, but taken together, they suggested a state government with an unseemly habit of dunning its citizens.

This month it has turned into an unseemly battleground over a bid by Australia's government and various environmental groups to stop Japan hunting and slaughtering whales.

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

CEO succession all too often becomes at best an exercise in damage control and at worst an unseemly scramble that can hurt a company and destroy shareholder value.

At only 32, she resides in an elite circle wielding an unseemly amount of power for one so small in stature (she is 5ft 2in and Kylie Minogue-petite).

It's an unseemly end to an unseemly primary, but the simple fact of the matter is that the better politician won.

Critics say India's longstanding practice of trial by media, in a way that leaves intelligence officials blameless, is an unseemly way to disseminate information in a democracy.

While the timing of WWOR's programming change was a coincidence, "it certainly has an unseemly appearance," Mr. Schwartzman said.

Florence was simply a troublesome daughter who took an unseemly interest in hospitals and refused to marry.

The empire that Mr. Schuller built may be in jeopardy, tarnished by an unseemly family feud and a $43 million debt that even by megachurch standards is serious.