unpleasantry

Example Sentences

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Scrambling to replace their health insurance and find new work, some fired federal workers are running into the unexpected unpleasantry of relatives cheering their job loss.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

The brilliance of “Stranger Things 4” is that rather than gloss over the unpleasantry, it leans hard into their clumsy, painful transition.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2022

I still believe the deal will get done with the Seahawks, and this absence is an unpleasantry that will be quickly forgotten.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2022

“You came down unasked; your presence is likely to cause unpleasantry; trust me that you shall have justice done, so please to go.”

From The Mynns' Mystery by Fenn, George Manville

P’raps you’ll put that flimsy away, as it might cause futur’ unpleasantry through bein’ used as information again your umbel servant.

From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by Fenn, George Manville