unkindly

Example Sentences

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Her inflated self-esteem is a force of nature never wielded unkindly, unless provoked.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

Tabloids and magazines regularly reported on the state of the relationship, often unkindly.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

As a reader might gather, “Neighbors” falls into the category of what is unkindly categorized as freak-show documentary—the characters are objects of morbid curiosity or, maybe, pathos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

History books—the serious ones, the sorts of histories that they might read from time to time—will treat them very unkindly.

From Slate • Dec. 13, 2023

“That’s a real workout, isn’t it?” she observes, not unkindly, and actually offers me a glass of water, the only such offer I ever encounter.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich