1 He bore the honor gravely and with no untoward conceit, as though it were only his due.
2 He took the strings of the stays in his hands and jerked them so hard that she cried out, frightened, humiliated, embarrassed at such an untoward performance.
3 It has before been hinted, perhaps, that every little untoward circumstance that befell him, and which indirectly sprang from his luckless mishap, almost invariably irritated or exasperated Ahab.
4 She could hardly have made a more untoward choice.
5 It was necessary to choose some less untoward hour than ten o'clock at night.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 4: 4 Rough Coercion Is Employed 6 Her efforts in this line, however, were brought to an abrupt close by an untoward accident, which quenched her ardor.
7 He has a sullen, rebellious spirit; a violent temper; and an untoward, intractable disposition.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 14. MY AUNT MAKES UP HER MIND ABOUT ME 8 Whether the type is a type originating at birth, or a type resulting from untoward circumstances in later life, it is impossible to say.
9 This untoward result was not reached all at once, but like other similar results, by gradual steps.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVIII.