unhappily

Example Sentences

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Even being unhappily married, I was still part of the club.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

John’s wife left him and he lives unhappily with her elderly mother, Ella, who owns the property.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

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

From BBC • Dec. 31, 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

“I wish I hadn’t started,” he thought unhappily as a pale-blue blackbird flew by.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster