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

There’s always been more to Garrone’s movies than unkindness, but he has a striking facility for crystallizing human baseness in images that are both specific and laden with surplus meaning.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2024

When that alpha dynamic is out of balance, it results in bullying, unkindness and controlling behavior, which we see in children often.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2023

But if you act with kindness and compassion—and even love—in the face of unkindness and hatred, you will be doing something remarkable, truly doing Good.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2021

“It’d be doin’ ’em an unkindness, Hermione,” he said gravely, threading a massive bone needle with thick yellow yarn.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling