unsentimental

Example Sentences

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Dangers are ever-present, but the novel is a study in unsentimental indomitability, as the hero reckons with the elements and her past on her way to a heartbreaking coda.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

The film is, in a sense, a necrology—a catalog of death—that takes a bleak and unsentimental stance on human suffering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Everyone contributed what money they could to save George’s business from Mr. Potter, an unsentimental tycoon who makes the toughest takeover bankers and lawyers seem like sissies.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Born in 1905, Jenkins inhabited a traditional unsentimental culture Austen would have recognized.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

It had originally been a port-red color—and by lamplight, at least, still was—but it now featured a number of rather pancreas-shaped faded spots, unsentimental mementos, all, of a series of household pets.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger