unhappily

Example Sentences

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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

Stationed unhappily in postwar Germany, he signed up for three years of stateside U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

Or perhaps, he thought unhappily, he was only putting off what would certainly be an ugly confrontation.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer