unpleasantness

Example Sentences

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I don’t know why I endured that unpleasantness for so long, or why the ridiculousness of it dawned on me that day in Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

And the feeling of unpleasantness in San Francisco about human misery—people who are having some real hard, difficult times living so close to people who are making fortunes that are unbelievable—that hasn’t changed.

From Slate • Aug. 15, 2025

Those who fall ill can still suffer from the unpleasantness of being acutely sick for weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2024

But even that unpleasantness only happens if you get the memo on how to perform this elaborate choreography.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

Vellya Paapen’s good intentions quickly degenerated into nagging and bickering and a general air of unpleasantness between father and son.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy