Untimely

//ʌnˈtaɪmli//

"Untimely" in a Sentence (17 examples)

The untimely death of my wife has brought down the curtain on over 50 years of happily married life.

Those loved by many are liable to untimely death.

His untimely statement has not only let the cat out of the bag but also upset the apple cart for the peace move.

There is no such thing as an untimely erection.

Having realized seven of the eight objectives on her bucket list, Mary was not overly upset by her untimely death.

A promise of secrecy was made at the time, from which I have only been freed during the last month by the untimely death of the lady to whom the pledge was given.

I come to seek my wife, whose opening years the poisonous viper's fang has brought to an untimely end.

He always makes untimely remarks.

That untimely interview weakened her negotiating position.

This untimely interview has weakened her negotiating position.

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untimely remarks

an untimely death

The heroes of literary as well as civil history have been very often no less remarkable for what they have suffered, than for what they have atchieved^([sic]); and volumes have been written only to enumerate the miseries of the learned, and relate their unhappy lives, and untimely deaths.

Untimely blossom! Poor, impatient thing, / ⁠That, starting rashly from the sheltering mould, / ⁠Bravest the peevish wind and sullen cold, / ⁠Mistaking thine own ardors for the spring

Tell thee, Macduffe was from his Mothers womb / Untimely ript.

They light fires under fruit trees to keep the fruit from falling untimely.

Couldst thou go from us, in thy beauteous June, / Leaving a sense of joy untimely perished, / ⁠Of music stilled too soon?

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