How to Use unpleasantness in a Sentence

unpleasantness

noun
  • Those who fall ill can still suffer from the unpleasantness of being acutely sick for weeks.
    — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
  • That way things can be done even when the atmosphere is bad and the news cycle brings unpleasantness.
    — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2017
  • Dew points are a couple points higher as well, which just adds to the utter unpleasantness.
    — Brian Jackson, Washington Post, 1 July 2018
  • For all the cost and unpleasantness of driving in London, one in three trips is by car.
    — The Economist, 23 May 2020
  • Merkel can be tough to the point of unpleasantness, while offering Putin ways out of his own mess.
    — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The only unpleasantness came from the heat fumes and oil splashes from the engines in the cockpit.
    — Christoper Spregg, Popular Mechanics, 19 Aug. 2020
  • However, a man walks on the street side to protect the lady from unpleasantness from the street.
    — Judith Martin, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Finally, all that business-side unpleasantness is now in the rearview.
    — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 3 Aug. 2017
  • And that would be from the leftovers of Wednesday’s unpleasantness.
    — Anthony R. Wood, Philly.com, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Any computer that’s been around the block for a while is filled with dirt and dust as well as food debris and other unpleasantness.
    — Dave Johnson, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The typical unpleasantness of late June was back in full force today.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • Just what the world needs — a perverted version of etiquette that spreads unpleasantness.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • There’s a price to pay for the happiness that comes with delighting in the unpleasantness of others.
    — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 1 June 2017
  • Trump’s role as a controversial figure and a punchline — even if the show tried to gloss over that unpleasantness.
    — Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2020
  • The unpleasantness here lingers without the catharsis of explosion or epiphany.
    — Lauren Groff, The New York Review of Books, 23 Apr. 2020
  • But neither Biden nor Bennett is looking for any unpleasantness, let alone a fight.
    — Aaron David Miller, CNN, 24 Aug. 2021
  • But mothers who’d hunted long for that title knew that this unpleasantness was welcome, embraced.
    — ‘pemi Aguda, Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
  • If days in the sand are on your mind leading into summer, Nike will help put it in your shoes, too, without any unpleasantness.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • In the way of most such triangles, unpleasantness quickly ensues.
    — Moira MacDonald, The Seattle Times, 4 Dec. 2018
  • That prompted yet more questions as to why the two companies couldn’t just agree some sort of joint venture there without all this unpleasantness.
    — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Even people who adored Manolete always managed to tack on some gratuitous cheap shot about the unpleasantness of his face.
    — New York Times, 3 May 2022
  • Follow the rules if a game or sporting event is on the agenda to prevent unpleasantness with family members.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2021
  • But its staff may be discovering the unpleasantness of being on the receiving end.
    — The Economist, 15 Feb. 2020
  • Even then, Nathan’s docking experience takes the cake of unpleasantness that evening.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Presumably, the Biden team figured that a hint of anything else might provoke some unpleasantness.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2022
  • But the task of keeping blood off the streets collaborates with the logic of social shame, where secrets mean unpleasantness.
    — Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 10 Sep. 2021
  • What adds to the unpleasantness of the situation is the fact that a big chunk of the valuable time is eaten up by mechanical work.
    — Yehor Melnykov, Forbes, 10 June 2021
  • Some off-screen unpleasantness, including a break-in and some property damage, suggests that all is not well in paradise.
    — Justin Chang, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2019
  • Running the self-clean cycle once every four months will minimize the unpleasantness of using the function.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 18 Dec. 2018
  • This is why people use chasers after taking shots, to distract themselves from the unpleasantness of alcohol’s fire.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 20 May 2021

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