indelicacy

But I knew that to raise the issue would have seemed a last brutal indelicacy.

To me you seem most radiant, if you'll permit the indelicacy.

Indelicacy is too mild a term to convey the idea.

' He made a face, exonerating himself from such indelicacy.

"And there was some indelicacy, which I should prefer not to repeat.

She cleaned it in front of the screen, an indelicacy designed to show indifference.

The woman grabbed the covers, doing her best to lessen the indelicacy of the moment.

Alfred, how can you allow me to be exposed to such indelicacy?"

Her being in the wars with men was charged against her as an indelicacy.

What could he mean by such horrible indelicacy?

"But there seems indelicacy in directing his attentions towards her, so soon after this event."

She kept her voice prim, trying to make up for her earlier indelicacy.

You are so intrigued you ignore the indelicacy of his analogy.

'But the indelicacy of meeting any gentleman under such circumstances!

Janet suddenly felt that to be an indelicacy.

But to use that road would show a certain lack of artistry on our part, and perhaps a certain indelicacy as well.

There was an indelicacy about it which went far beyond the bounds of thoughtless conventionality.

This note was in the first place a forgery; it was likewise an indelicacy.

Helen ground her teeth at his indelicacy.

I think that we should forgive DeVarona this small indelicacy.

- did not shrink from the grossest indelicacy.

At the risk of indelicacy, one would suggest that such a condition usually accounts for some five or six days of inactivity.

A tap on his shoulder and a hiss in his ear prevented him from an indelicacy.

Nietzsche was urged to marry, sometimes with suggestive indelicacy, while those who met him said he concealed his feminine nature.