unhospitable

Example Sentences

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The atmosphere was so unhospitable I stepped outside where they could watch me and I drank the orange.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

The huge pile of drift wood had helped them to decide on this rather unhospitable ledge for what they hoped would be their last night out.

From The Enchanted Canyon by Morrow, Honoré

O fly from this unhospitable shore, Warn'd by my fate; for I am Polydore!

From The Aeneid English by Virgil

Captain J. Wood also sailed to the unhospitable shores of Novaya Zemlya, and so terrified people by his descriptions that they gave up the attempt in despair.

From Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold by Kingston, William Henry Giles

This went on for several years, in the course of which many hundreds of these houses were erected on unhospitable spots unfit for a human residence.’

From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Davidson, John