unsentimental

Example Sentences

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He is also unsentimental when it comes to upending the status quo in bookselling, including his conviction that Barnes & Noble needs to shelve fewer total books but more individual titles.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Mr. Thomas, who was age 81, had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, a fatal brain cancer he wrote about in a moving but typically unsentimental open letter published online in March 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

That unsentimental spirit has always drawn me to Rivera’s work.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

But where other movies are overly precious while collecting the invisible string that binds characters from different time periods, “Sound of Falling” is stark and unsentimental.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

Fortunately, my teachers were unsentimental about their responsibility.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez