unpleasantness

Example Sentences

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It’s a chronicle of race history in the late 19th and 20th centuries, with all the unpleasantness, and yet it is an act of poetic aspiration, resignation and bravura aesthetics.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Ironically, such unpleasantness can inspire as many calm, intelligent chats as “The Drama” already has.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

And the feeling of unpleasantness in San Francisco about human misery—people who are having some real hard, difficult times living so close to people who are making fortunes that are unbelievable—that hasn’t changed.

From Slate • Aug. 15, 2025

Those who fall ill can still suffer from the unpleasantness of being acutely sick for weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2024

Joseph Chamberlin witnessed some of the first unpleasantness not long after the fire broke through the circle of engines.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy