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I do think that the question was impertinent, and that President Obama responded appropriately.— CNN Political Ticker
While some might have considered it impertinent, the pertinence of Tom's point was the Devils 'quick playoff exit might have inspired coach Brent to find another to where the C.— Hockey Journal
Rather than tossing her out of the office for being impertinent, which is what would happen in real life, Debi makes the rather magnanimous gesture of asking what it is that Megan— Television Without Pity
He not only assisted in gathering the fruit, for fear he should be robbed, but often acted as scarecrow to the birds, whom he reviled as noisy, useless nuisances, vexatiously sent to destroy the fruits of the earth Elinor gently remonstrated with him on the meanness and absurdity of such conduct; but he silenced what he termed her impertinent interference in matters which did not concern her.— Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers
They were so impertinent, as not only to enquire into the reasons of the disturbance among ourselves, but they also instructed us in our duty, telling us, they came from our commander the boatswain, with orders to see my journal.— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

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