unpleasantness
Example Sentences
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“The Sheep Detectives” introduces this talent lightheartedly, with Lily suggesting they forget some minor unpleasantness, counting to three, and pausing as a high-pitched whine slices the air.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
It’s a chronicle of race history in the late 19th and 20th centuries, with all the unpleasantness, and yet it is an act of poetic aspiration, resignation and bravura aesthetics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
And the feeling of unpleasantness in San Francisco about human misery—people who are having some real hard, difficult times living so close to people who are making fortunes that are unbelievable—that hasn’t changed.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2025
That the unpleasantness turns out to be time well spent is a credit to Leigh’s curiosity about miserable jerks and the joy-sucking traps they set for themselves and others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
“But Constance, dear. Given all this unpleasantness, what say we go home to Ashton Place? I’m done with London myself. Much rather be out in the woods, shooting, what?”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
