unpleasant

Example Sentences

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"When you put cold water on you, it is very unpleasant for the first one or two seconds, and then you get very relaxed. And as you get relaxed, it doesn't bother you anymore."

From Barron's

You want to believe that some of the astoundingly unpleasant people are putting on an act so they can get on TV.

From The Wall Street Journal

He flips it on and reaches one arm across the back of the couch, gifting us with an unpleasant whiff of his armpits.

From Literature

"It's very unpleasant," said the Two Majors channel, one of Russia's most widely read military correspondents.

From Barron's

Still, many on Wall Street are bracing for an unpleasant surprise.

From The Wall Street Journal