unreasonably

Example Sentences

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Because the alternative, as I have learned so many times, is to get woken at 4 a.m. by the previous guest’s unreasonably early alarm setting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Other courts, more plausibly, have held that a takings claim can be brought only when a police officer is acting unreasonably in destroying property.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

Landlords must consider each request for a pet to join a tenant and cannot unreasonably refuse.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

To which Groucho replies, not unreasonably: “You call that nothing?”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025

After it’s cooled, I apply an unreasonably thin layer of frosting, just enough to cover the cake.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon