unkindly

Example Sentences

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She pointed out, not unkindly, that working alone is the arrangement I chose six years ago.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

Her inflated self-esteem is a force of nature never wielded unkindly, unless provoked.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

As a reader might gather, “Neighbors” falls into the category of what is unkindly categorized as freak-show documentary—the characters are objects of morbid curiosity or, maybe, pathos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The area is finally shedding the tag of what some have called - rather unkindly - the Black Country's fat capital.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2022

“You reek of it,” said Shukra, not unkindly.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi