unkindness
Example Sentences
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So yeah, his politics were pretty far on the right wing, but there was no unkindness in him.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 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
It was a moment of careless unkindness, a way of noting that an unspoken rule — stupid, pointless, insidious — has been violated.
From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2021
Ghosting a close friend is not a kind thing to do, and although there may be some circumstances in which it’s a necessary unkindness, I don’t think it’s called for here.
From Slate • Jan. 28, 2021
I saw her smile fade, and I drew in my breath at his unkindness.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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