unkindness

Example Sentences

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That view absolves us of trying to understand the systemic source of those indignities as something other than unkindness.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2024

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

But if you act with kindness and compassion—and even love—in the face of unkindness and hatred, you will be doing something remarkable, truly doing Good.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2021

It was a moment of careless unkindness, a way of noting that an unspoken rule — stupid, pointless, insidious — has been violated.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2021

I do not believe they ever meant unkindness.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson