unsavory

Example Sentences

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Those donations, known as “behested payments,” aren’t illegal in California, but, long before Newsom started asking for them, many have found them unsavory — with good cause.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026

Fuqua understands that making a narrative film into a glorified concert is the ideal way to breeze past anything unsavory.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

That means "unsavory facts will take longer to come to light, if they do at all. The administration will feel less pressure to provide a coherent justification and plan," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Yes, Montague’s plan in Shirley Jackson’s modern gothic tale is to explore the “various unsavory stories” about the 80-year-old mansion, but he keeps the full extent of his planned experiment to himself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

There were long, dark alleyways between the historical buildings, hidden paths, secret entrances, and a few unsavory occult shops where only the most mysterious villagers seemed to congregate.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega