unkindness
Example Sentences
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We’ve entered a land whose population has been ground down by unkindness.
From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023
So yeah, his politics were pretty far on the right wing, but there was no unkindness in him.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2022
This arrangement has worked beautifully since third grade, shielding both of them from the unkindness of other children when it comes to their unique personality traits.
From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2022
“Wolfboy” is a compassionate film with some insight into being different and into the destructiveness of letting the world’s unkindness shape one’s self view.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2020
The checkout lady at the grocery store would be rude to me and her simple unkindness would unnerve me for the rest of the day because I never knew—I had no way of knowing—
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
