If she could only rely on Sally not being inopportunely sick over mamma just at the critical moment-that was the only misgiving that crossed her mind.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
Meanwhile Miss Burgoyne did not long preserve that lofty demeanor of hers; the moment she left him her rage got the better of her, for here was the Italian girl most inopportunely coming along the corridor; and just as poor Nina came up Miss Burgoyne turned to her maid, who was holding open the dressing-room door for her, and said aloud, so that every one could overhear, "Oh, we don't want foreigners in English opera; why don't they take a barrel-organ through the streets, or a couple of canaries in a cage?"
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
The restitution, for so I am forced to regard it, comes most inopportunely, since it would be a most ill-chosen moment in which to incur the expense of a contested election; besides that, really your cousin has no desire whatever for Parliamentary honors.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever