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"Inhospitably" Quotes from Famous Books

... way through the other passengers, with a discontented expression upon his genial face that rather misbecomes it, he emerges into the open air, to find that a smart drizzle, unworthy the name of rain, is falling inhospitably upon him. ...

— Molly Bawn • Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

... up before a broad oak porte cochere which, sunk far back into a thick wall, was now inhospitably shut. ...

— The End of Her Honeymoon • Marie Belloc Lowndes

... their canoes. Baboons roared in the forests and dwelt in the hollow trunks. Elephants and rhinoceroses, giraffes and zebras, hippopotami and wild boars, buffaloes and antelopes occurred in large numbers, and the northern extremity of the lake swarmed with crocodiles. Sometimes the strangers were inhospitably received when they landed, and once when they were off their guard the natives plundered their canoes. Among other things they took a case of cartridges and bullets, and the travellers thought it would be bad for the thieves if the case exploded at ...

— From Pole to Pole - A Book for Young People • Sven Anders Hedin

... for all, Dicky, that you wouldn't call me 'Josy.' 'Jocelyne' is bad enough, but 'Josy!' And I'm not going to 'jim' anywhere, and certainly"—with strong determination—"not with you." She looks at him with sudden curiosity. "What brought you here to-day?" asks she, most inhospitably it ...

— April's Lady - A Novel • Margaret Wolfe Hungerford

Words linked to "Inhospitably" : inhospitable, hospitably