unwanted visitor

Example Sentences

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For many people across the Northern Hemisphere, like Rowe, this holiday season was interrupted by an unwanted visitor: influenza.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026

Lucy Jones, L.A.’s earthquake lady, knows as well as anyone how hard it is to get people focused on preparing for an unwanted visitor with no scheduled arrival time.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2021

After offering a night’s lodging to an unwanted visitor to his country manor White Ladies, Berry gravely adds: “ ‘You shall have the haunted room.

From Washington Post • May 15, 2019

You do not want your letter to be accusatory, but you can say that when you come over, you feel like an unwanted visitor interrupting his time with his girlfriend.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2015

Closing the door, which swung half open again without his knowledge, he turned an inquiring and most unfriendly eye on the unwanted visitor.

From The House 'Round the Corner by Tracy, Louis