Sentence examples for deemed unseemly from inspiring English sources

That was deemed unseemly.

What body parts are deemed unseemly and embarrassing?

As male cooks often worked naked or in their underclothes, it was deemed unseemly for female servants to see them, and they were confined to dairies and sculleries.

Fashion is undergoing a modest, and even sensible, moment in line with an all-round less ostentatious mood, and admitting to one's wealth – what wealth there is left – is deemed unseemly.

But not in North Korea, and to prove it there was a man with a piece of cardboard sitting in the projection room to cover the lens in case anything deemed unseemly to Korean eyes was shown.

This was not the received wisdom on the left at the time, when to suggest that the euro would be supercharged monetarism, Thatcherism with knobs on, was deemed unseemly.

While the piece is overtly political, inviting the discussion topics some would deem unseemly, it is also a melting pot of art and activism, placing a premium on fun.

Also a big hand for Silver Linings Playbook, an exuberant modern screwball comedy we had, in an unseemly fit of cynicism, deemed "too entertaining" for Academy voters.

"Many laws introduced with unseemly haste before Christmas in the name of national security go well beyond what might be deemed to be necessary, creating a chilling effect on freedom of speech and the press," she said.

Many laws introduced with unseemly haste before Christmas, and in the name of national security, go well beyond what might be deemed to proportionate, creating a chilling effect on freedom of speech and the press and breaching the right to privacy.

They may be works deemed trivial by the lofty day-to-day standards of the art, performances that are dated and thus scorned or condescended to, manifestations of musical personalities that attract a fascination bordering on unseemly obsession.