unhappy situation

Example Sentences

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“It was a thoroughly unhappy situation I was in, but I was too far gone,” she told Rolling Stone.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023

In another telephone call, she testified, Ms. Jordan angrily blamed her for her unhappy situation, because Ms. Cristman had urged her to have a baby to combat her frequent depressions.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2014

Asserting yourself makes you feel better, even if you’re in an unhappy situation, he adds. “If you want to beat anxiety and depression, don’t try to be good. Try to be in contact with your emotions.”

From US News • Sep. 26, 2014

But with the prospect of determined experiments designed to bring about such changes, he warned of “the unhappy situation of the cure being worse than the ailment.”

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2013

The Government man made no comment, save to say that it was a most unhappy situation; but when Ballard offered to show him to his quarters for the night, he protested at once.

From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis