How to Use unkind in a Sentence
unkind
adjective
- It was unkind of you not to invite her.
- How could you be so unkind?
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But at Grasse in the spring of 1891, the weather was unkind.
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Jonathan Miles,
Town & Country,
5 Sep. 2023
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The next day was agony, driving through the desert, the scenery sharp and unkind.
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Chris Rush,
Harper's magazine,
19 Aug. 2019
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Keep in mind that there are both kind and unkind ways to do this.
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Tarot Astrologers,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Aug. 2023
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But this week has been unkind to even the best Orioles.
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Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
13 July 2024
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In the show, those around Sheila aren't privy to her often unkind thoughts.
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Sandra Gonzalez,
CNN,
31 July 2021
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The past month has been unkind to Nick Richards on the basketball court.
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Fletcher Page,
The Courier-Journal,
15 Jan. 2018
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In a game that was unkind to goalies, Jeremy Swayman took the worst of it.
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Globe Staff,
BostonGlobe.com,
2 Nov. 2022
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The race to get in the front door of the housing market took an unkind turn for buyers in 2020.
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Etta Money,
Forbes,
9 Dec. 2021
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In the 1982 film, an unkind man goes off to war, leaving behind a wife and child.
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Susan Dunne,
courant.com,
26 Aug. 2019
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None of his rivals was unkind enough to point out the error.
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Michael Dresser,
baltimoresun.com,
27 Apr. 2018
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His view of fellow Yalie Bill Buckley was, to say the least, unkind.
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Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
10 Jan. 2018
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My dog, disturbed and unkind to strangers, is barking at her to leave.
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Kellyn B. Eaddy,
BostonGlobe.com,
20 May 2022
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Pomona’s breakthrough win The first four weeks of the season were quite unkind to Pomona Panthers.
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Matt Schubert,
The Denver Post,
26 Oct. 2019
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Tammy called both women all kinds of names and was deeply unkind to them.
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Martha Sorren,
refinery29.com,
19 Feb. 2020
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And even if some of the advanced metrics have been unkind to him at times this season.
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Dan Woike,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2022
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But the slate also proved unkind to a number of other passers.
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Mike Jones,
USA TODAY,
29 Sep. 2020
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Here's a quick look at some of the unkind criticism of Simmons' one-point game.
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Charlotte Carroll,
SI.com,
4 May 2018
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Then there’s the fact that the Vols play at Alabama next week, a game that figures to be super unkind to the Vols.
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Andrew Astleford,
ajc,
14 Oct. 2017
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The final month of summer has long been unkind to the occupant of the Oval Office.
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Mike Memoli,
NBC News,
31 July 2022
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The world can be very fickle and not welcoming and unkind.
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Carrie Battan,
The New Yorker,
27 Dec. 2020
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Others have weighed in that Wolf’s comments were an unkind joke about her looks.
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refinery29.com,
29 Apr. 2018
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Making comics is not easy (writes a guy who has never made one), and the business end can be unkind.
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Will Nevin,
OregonLive.com,
11 Apr. 2018
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And if his record of the past four years isn’t improved over the next four, the evaluation is destined to be unkind.
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Ginia Bellafante,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2017
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The Memorial has been unkind to Fowler in recent years.
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Ap,
USA TODAY,
3 June 2017
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The rim had been unkind, even a one-on-one post-up on Stephen Curry coming up empty.
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Dan Woike,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2023
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The cruel twists of fate are unkind to the misfortunate.
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Alyssa Rosenberg,
The Denver Post,
24 May 2017
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The core of Melanie's character—and, in turn, the film—is a frustration with unkind people.
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Sam Fragoso,
Esquire,
2 Mar. 2017
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The woman is matter-of-fact but not unkind; why not show this kid something about how to conduct herself?
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Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
15 Aug. 2024
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