unhappy situation

Example Sentences

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Then he explained he was married and in an unhappy situation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2022

In another telephone call, she testified, Ms. Jordan angrily blamed her for her unhappy situation, because Ms. Cristman had urged her to have a baby to combat her frequent depressions.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2014

Asserting yourself makes you feel better, even if you’re in an unhappy situation, he adds. “If you want to beat anxiety and depression, don’t try to be good. Try to be in contact with your emotions.”

From US News • Sep. 26, 2014

But with the prospect of determined experiments designed to bring about such changes, he warned of “the unhappy situation of the cure being worse than the ailment.”

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2013

I had read many stories of captures and imprisonments, but in none of them could I find a parallel for my own unhappy situation.

From Roger Davis, Loyalist by Baird, Frank