uncongenial

Example Sentences

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Uncongenial ideas must be foreshadowed by “trigger warnings,” lest students, who never were free-range children and now are as brittle as pretzels, crumble.

From Washington Post • May 13, 2015

Uncongenial brothers and sisters are often thrown together and bound by the most indissoluble natural ties.

From The Wedding Guest by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

Uncongenial as the two had been, Jason Jones was her father—her only remaining parent—and the suddenness of his death shocked and horrified the girl.

From Mary Louise Solves a Mystery by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)

Uncongenial society plunged him into such dark depression that he is not ashamed to confess that he found 'bodily relief in weeping.'

From Studies in Literature and History by Miller, John O.

Uncongenial and unpleasant conditions are not conducive to proper thought.

From The Power of Concentration by Dumont, Theron Q.