Unpleasant

Examples

• People always say unpleasant things--and certainly they're a great deal together. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She and her husband disagree, and unpleasant consequences follow. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• So, not to be unpleasant, she determined to go. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Let _him_ be applied to, if you please, for it will be less unpleasant to me than to have a perfect stranger. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It was not unpleasant to the taste, though slightly acid, and I learned in a short time to prize it very highly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• They have the strangest knack of startling you with unpleasant surprises. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The attic was no pleasant place: I believe he did not know how unpleasant it was, or he never would have locked me in with so little ceremony. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Mrs. Veller passed a very good night, but is uncommon perwerse, and unpleasant this mornin'. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• They were dangerous now only to their own side, and the papal representative spent an unpleasant night hiding from them in the forest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The addition of the salicylic acid delays secondary fermentation in stock and export beers, which may then be kept for any length of time without becoming unsound or of unpleasant flavor. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The odor is not unpleasant, and is quickly removed by airing the room. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• It struck me, however, as being the one which was most likely to interest that exceedingly unpleasant old person. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Then out of a very little, she could dress herself, you see, better than most others could out of a deal, and that made things unpleasant. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Still, you don't like me; I have made myself an unpleasant thought to you. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• There doubtless was good cause for objection to the smoky, unpleasant smelling light then produced. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The fact is, Mr. Smallweed, proceeds George, that I find myself in rather an unpleasant state of mind. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It would be unpleasant, I am almost sure. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The introduction must be unpleasant, whenever it takes place; and the sooner it could be over, the better. Jane Austen. Emma.
• It is a great slight to me and my family; and when it gets known there will be a very unpleasant time for us. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The face of our unpleasant little visitor turned as white as his neckcloth. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I wish I might go on by myself, he resumed, fearing, apparently, that he was to be pressed into some unpleasant service. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It yields quantities of asphaltum; fragments of it lie all about its banks; this stuff gives the place something of an unpleasant smell. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• This is a sort of talking which is very unpleasant to me. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It would be impossible to say what Emma felt, on hearing thiswhich of all her unpleasant sensations was uppermost. Jane Austen. Emma.
• It will be rather unpleasant going at this rate in the dark, won't it? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I wish you wouldn't look at things in such an unpleasant light, cried Crispin, laughing. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Is it absolutely necessary to refer to these unpleasant matters? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Then flushing with an unpleasant consciousness, he asked-- How do you know? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• How very unpleasant you both are this evening! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• You will see him with the rest of us, in the same manner, and, as much as you can, dismissing the recollection of everything unpleasant. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.

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