Sentence examples for while unseemly from inspiring English sources
For one thing, reporting carried interest income as a capital gain, while unseemly, is perfectly legal.
So, while unseemly, it is perfectly legal for someone to stand under a public stairwell and gawk, or for a boss to spy on his or her employees through a hole in a bathroom or changing room, Mr. Vallone said.
This while avoiding the unseemly pantings found in less dignified venues.
I began imagining a conversation I would have with the woman if we happened to share an elevator while her unseemly husband was safely locked up somewhere else.
In football, spite and abuse between players and between rival fans is endemic, while in boxing unseemly pre-fight trash talk – and even brawls – are woven into the fabric of the sport.
"I think that given the serious nature of the problems that we face as a country, you could say that about any event on any day," Mr. Gibbs said in an interview, responding to suggestions that the president's attendance at the correspondents dinner might look unseemly while an environmental calamity was under way.
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.
He described the current debate as "unseemly" while Lady Thatcher was still alive, and said the feature would not be a statue.
And while you engage in an unseemly ruck over there, we'll turn to our first question.
The Times quoted a local defense lawyer, Jeffrey Lipman, who said that "while it may seem morally unseemly to the public, it's legally appropriate and we have to do the best we can for our clients".
Re "Lawyers' Ads Seeking Clients in Ferry Crash" (front page, Nov. 4): While the ads may be unseemly, the disaster's victims face genuine risk that their claims will be barred unless they serve a formal notice on New York City within 90 days of the crash.
