ungenial

Example Sentences

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“The weather is raw and boisterous in winter, shifty and ungenial in summer, and a downright meteorological purgatory in the spring.”

From The New Yorker • Jan. 6, 2020

“At first we spent our pleasant hours on the lake, or wandering on its shores … But it proved a wet, ungenial summer, and incessant rain often confined us for days to the house.”

From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2018

In her initial research, she read about the cause of the “wet, ungenial weather” that kept Shelley and her company confined in their villa for days on end.

From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2018

Mrs. Kendal, filled with the golden light of a not ungenial self-regard, makes sport of her fame, which inspires Merrick to make a game of his—at least for a time.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 15, 2014

One discovery I have made since I have been here is that Canada has its clouded skies and its rainy days, and that a Canadian spring may be quite as ungenial as an English one. 

From Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)