unhappily

Example Sentences

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Determined to give her niece a stable upbringing, Aunt Irene unhappily but dutifully left a comfortable life in Ohio to return to her small-minded hometown in the Deep South.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

For readers familiar with Sir Salman's Midnight's Children, for which he won the Booker Prize, this upcoming work revisits the Bombay neighbourhood of that book, where "a magical musician is unhappily married to a multibillionaire".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2025

His thoughts about the environment, the future, and parenting come into sharp relief through his current job at a restaurant, where he is unhappily employed.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024

Vance wouldn't even apologize to the unhappily infertile.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2024

“In the whole history of the Foundation, no grant had ever been made for a destructive purpose,” Fosdick observed unhappily in the foundation’s official history, “let alone such a lethal weapon as this.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik