unwelcoming

Example Sentences

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It can be reclusive and even unwelcoming, but it can’t attack its neighbors, blockade international waters, or export extremism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

But for students like Lucy—and for Jack and Harper, who’d already felt unsafe long before the shooting—those gestures couldn’t reach the part of campus that still felt unwelcoming.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025

It sends an unintentional but unwelcoming message that encapsulates a bigger picture, in Matić's eyes.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025

She was given a record-high $1-million annual salary to be the first woman co-anchor of a network evening newscast, paired with Harry Reasoner, a crusty and unwelcoming veteran.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025

Especially as us, in an unwelcoming space like that one.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone