unkindness
Example Sentences
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That view absolves us of trying to understand the systemic source of those indignities as something other than unkindness.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2024
Lynn, son of former Chargers coach Anthony Lynn, has Bruins defensive personnel on the field and the sideline constantly cackling and crowing like, well, an unkindness of ravens.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2023
The common defense against an accusation of unkindness — let's call it the Jerk's Rejoinder — is some version of, “You're too sensitive,” or, “You can't take a joke.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 14, 2022
Like the earlier movie, del Toro’s is based on a novel by William Lindsay Gresham, a desperate, pitiless book filled with exotic slang and steeped in the soured milk of human unkindness.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
The checkout lady at the grocery store would be rude to me and her simple unkindness would unnerve me for the rest of the day because I never knew—I had no way of knowing—
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
