inconveniently

Example Sentences

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“The beautiful multi-coloured ‘northern lights’—flickering shafts of light that lit up the sky—would at times, inconveniently for the Allies, provide just what the U- boat commanders needed to locate the convoys through their periscopes.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Fire Station 93 was inconveniently located, about 70 miles from the Upland home he shared with his wife, Kim, and his stepdaughter, along with their hunting dog, four cats and a desert tortoise.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2024

Also interviewed was her agent Jon Roseman, who inconveniently had written a crime novel detailing a spookily similar scene.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2023

Armrest cupholder: slightly inconveniently sized for my glass of rosé, which is exactly the level of problem one wants to encounter in life.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023

I couldn’t be sure that he wouldn’t disappear inconveniently again.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer