unhappily

Example Sentences

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“Everyone thought they were getting these accelerated deductions and now they are unhappily discovering that maybe they aren’t.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

It was about an unhappily married couple, and was written and directed by Jolie.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2024

His thoughts about the environment, the future, and parenting come into sharp relief through his current job at a restaurant, where he is unhappily employed.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024

On an afternoon in late January, inside the unmarked door at Freedom Home, Favor was dealing unhappily with the thing that most annoyed him: in his words, “the humans.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2024

Bunny sighed unhappily as I pulled a pad of paper and a pencil from the glove compartment.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos