Sentences with phrase «great indecency»

The story indicates that Sisera commited a great indecency against Jael by forcing his way into her tent quarters to hide from his pursuers (thinking they would never look there for him because of the inappropriateness of it, and that she would not betray him because of the danger it would place her in).

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Taking on the considerable task of directing, writing and starring in his film, Everett lavishes great care on a subject he clearly holds in high esteem, and to his credit, does not shy away from painting a less - than - glamorous portrait of an aging Wilde, syphilitic and lecherous as he lives out his exile in Europe following his scandalous imprisonment for gross indecency.
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