Sentence examples for untoward took from inspiring English sources

"By blocking an inquiry the UK government and others are adding to a suspicion that something seriously untoward took place," an Amnesty spokesman said.

Trump, meanwhile, has repeatedly called the Mueller probe a "witch hunt," and, certainly, investigators might conclude that nothing untoward took place.

(Even though Kelley denies anything untoward took place, and Allen has been cleared of all wrongdoing).

But after the Guardian published this story, the department provided a statement insisting, without specifics, that there is nothing untoward taking place at what it called the "sensitive" location, home to undercover units.

The slightest hint of anything untoward – take the suicides as one example – and the company would lose contracts.

Speaking to reporters during a break in the trial, Mr. Berlusconi said that nothing untoward ever took place in his homes and that the dinners he hosted were "elegant" and "proper".

Though some of the prurient details that have emerged from the trial might give other politicians pause, that has not been the case with Mr. Berlusconi, who insists that nothing untoward ever took place at the private soirees.

"We do not know of anything untoward having taken place at all," Ms. Nicholson said.

Kushner's personal lawyer, Kushner Companies, and the two firms all insisted to the Times that nothing untoward had taken place.

When the friend (Jean-Pierre Cassel) discovers the two in almost flagrante delicto, they have a drink and make dinner arrangements as if nothing untoward had taken place.

Despite HSBC's insistence that nothing untoward had taken place in the boardroom, banks rarely replace two such crucial posts at the same time for fear of prompting concerns about instability.