When terrible things happen, angry responses can appear unseemly.
They spoke on the condition of anonymity, saying it would appear unseemly to criticize a competitor's plans.
Mindful that they not appear unseemly, the one thing they dare not do is utter two words directly to the candidate: running mate.
It can appear unseemly for candidates to be seen to be overtly presidential about campaigning – pressing flesh, kissing babies, begging for votes – but make no mistake they want to win.
But in the wake of the row over Miami's and Virginia Tech's departures from the Big East to the Atlantic Coast Conference, even a one-game matchup after the bowl season may appear unseemly.
FRANKFURT — The chief executive of Commerzbank, one of Germany's largest banks, on Friday became the latest in a series European bank leaders to recognize that collecting a big bonus might appear unseemly while banks struggle with layoffs and financial losses.
Even the practice of business as usual can be made to appear unseemly, as McCain found out in early January when he was accused of writing letters to the Federal Communications Commission to expedite a television-licensing decision in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that affected one of his campaign contributors, a telecommunications magnate named Lowell Paxson.
On the one hand, it all appeared unseemly.
Tyler determined not to travel to Washington, not wanting to appear unseemly in anticipating the President's death.
