unpleasantry

Example Sentences

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Scrambling to replace their health insurance and find new work, some fired federal workers are running into the unexpected unpleasantry of relatives cheering their job loss.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

The brilliance of “Stranger Things 4” is that rather than gloss over the unpleasantry, it leans hard into their clumsy, painful transition.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2022

I still believe the deal will get done with the Seahawks, and this absence is an unpleasantry that will be quickly forgotten.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2022

As for asking his uncle for aid, such a thought never crossed Septimus Hardon’s mind, and perhaps it was well, for it spared the poor sensitive man the unpleasantry of a refusal.

From Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes by Fenn, George Manville

“I know it’s a horrible nuisance, with the suspicion and unpleasantry, and it was a very beautiful thing, which I am very, very sorry has been lost; but let’s try and forget it.”

From Glyn Severn's Schooldays by Pears, Charles