unkindly

Example Sentences

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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

History books—the serious ones, the sorts of histories that they might read from time to time—will treat them very unkindly.

From Slate • Dec. 13, 2023

The two contenders to be the next prime minister, unkindly branded "dull and duller" by one of their rivals, do not have the obvious instinct to breed deliberate controversy, to break the rules.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2023

He himself sat down behind his desk and fixed me with a penetrating but not unkindly eye.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl