unpleasantness

Example Sentences

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A real-world analogue would be the unpleasantness that erupts when parents ask teens to put away their phones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 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

That the unpleasantness turns out to be time well spent is a credit to Leigh’s curiosity about miserable jerks and the joy-sucking traps they set for themselves and others.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

I’d been impatient with everyone I encountered on the way to the subway, adding some measure of unpleasantness to their mornings.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2024

Just as my stomach rumbles with gaseous unpleasantness, so does the ocean beneath the hull of our ship.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman