unpleasant situation

Example Sentences

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"It has been an unpleasant situation," Barca president Joan Laporta told Catalunya Radio.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

"We will speak when it's all done, it has been an unpleasant situation," Laporta told Catalunya Radio late on Sunday.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Perhaps more important than his career day on the field Saturday, Borghi was one of eight team captains to take point this week and guide the Cougars as they plugged away through an unpleasant situation.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2021

But you are in the grindingly unpleasant situation of living near a lunatic.

From Slate • Aug. 8, 2021

May 10—I asked Professor Nemur about it, and he insists that I’m an innocent bystander and there’s no reason for me to become involved in what would be an unpleasant situation.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes