ungenerously

Example Sentences

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He remained active in civil liberties and civil rights, but it was only after he retired in 1992 that he became what one might ungenerously call a gadfly.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2022

The jury is still out on the meaning of those last two, with a number of commentators ungenerously attributing the intended message to be something like I can read and I love it.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 12, 2019

Some of this intensity is stoked by the people who work for the Athletic, with their often over-the-top “Why I Joined the Athletic” introductions, which, read ungenerously, can feel rote in their cultish indoctrination.

From Slate • Sep. 6, 2018

“This is not the work of scientists,” he added, scathingly and ungenerously.

From Forbes • Feb. 25, 2013

A few will phone for help; others will panic and require medical assistance themselves; and many, alas, will simply be annoyed that their dinner was interrupted and will tip their waiters ungenerously as a result.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood