How to Use unwelcome in a Sentence

unwelcome

adjective
  • There is no more unwelcome house guest than a group of gnats.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 19 July 2022
  • The pop icon has been open about feeling unwelcome in the genre.
    — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Worse, an unwelcome guest and the guest who is footing the bill.
    — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Lyke’s unwelcome turn in the spotlight sounds the alarm.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • But not all recent changes have been unwelcome.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025
  • No wonder she’s felt left out and unwelcome.
    — Jeannie Vanasco september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The tools, unwelcome on our own planet, linger.
    — Michael Jerome Plunkett september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Racist route names are yet another way that many are made to feel unwelcome.
    — Ikya Kandula, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2020
  • In both, the behavior must be unwelcome to be against the law.
    — Alexia Fernández Campbell, Vox, 25 May 2018
  • Rights groups argue this is an unwelcome resurgence of a trend best left in the past.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
  • While the change may be unwelcome, there are many options to choose from once Skype bows out.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • This is not to say that larger changes cannot be achieved, or that new ideas for reforms are unwelcome.
    — Eric Schneider, STAT, 5 Mar. 2020
  • But its survival was nearly cut short — by unwelcome guests.
    — Sarah Hutter, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Along the way, of course, he’s drawn some unwelcome attention.
    — Jim Sleeper, The New Republic, 12 Dec. 2019
  • But this unwelcome attention to the last drops of his food makes my stomach churn.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Anyone willing to come down and move in to the house my unwelcome, unpaid guests are in?
    — Pete Grieve, SFChronicle.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • But isn't that the polite thing to say to even an unwelcome guest around the holidays?
    — The Washington Post, cleveland.com, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The unwelcome noise seemed to go on forever.
    — Charlotte Observer, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Many in your nieces' age group seem to treat talking on the phone as an unwelcome intrusion.
    — Amy Dickinson, Star Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
  • None of them were bad, or totally unwelcome.
    — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The sheik does not want the unwelcome news of his brother’s return to reach the rest of the village.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The eight penalties were unwelcome but other than that there isn’t much to complain about.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2022
  • That’s unwelcome news for the thousands of bar owners whose doors remain locked.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2020
  • In light of the unwelcome news, what lies ahead for Antarctica?
    — Sarah Cahlan /, NBC News, 19 June 2018
  • Snakes are unwelcome because some can bite, and their presence can feel unsafe near homes.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 18 May 2026
  • Tell her about the long, unwelcome chats, the bullying and the rudeness.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
  • Either way, this is an unwelcome distraction that will linger.
    — Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • In this landscape of strong and powerful athletes, the specter of the weak and evil man is unwelcome.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The master/slave language is far from the only thing that makes coders of color feel unwelcome or out of place.
    — Elizabeth Landau, Wired, 6 July 2020
  • Humar figured the Uighur men must have felt unwelcome, forced to work long hours with nowhere to go in their off time.
    — New York Times, 29 Jan. 2020

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