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

Lynn, son of former Chargers coach Anthony Lynn, has Bruins defensive personnel on the field and the sideline constantly cackling and crowing like, well, an unkindness of ravens.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2023

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

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

She had been giving kindness, and he had returned it with unkindness.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White