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Example sentences for "unkind"

Lexicographically close words:
unjustified; unjustly; unked; unkempt; unkept; unkinde; unkindest; unkindly; unkindness; unkingly
  1. Cast away all unkind thoughts and never allow another to enter your mind, no matter what the provocation might be.

  2. Returning to the house, she sat down at the table to think of a possible something she had done to cause John's unkind behavior.

  3. But she was made of finer fibre than one would have imagined, and children never found her harsh or unkind or unsympathetic.

  4. I hope that we were not unkind to her," said Sister Louisa, with gentle dignity.

  5. In that case I should go alone," returned Edna coldly; "but I should think you were unkind to desert me.

  6. Do not think me unkind if I say that I rejoice to hear it; it proves how deep and real your affection was.

  7. After all, it was not difficult to comfort him; the cloud soon passed away from his face, and in a little while they were talking as happily together as though no unkind words had been said.

  8. It was very unkind of him not to have told her of all this money.

  9. Indeed, no one will be unkind to her," he said.

  10. But she was able to say with apparent calm--not crediting the endurance of those unkind sentiments towards her, "indeed; you have called me that before.

  11. Mrs. Jedsley, why are you always so unkind to me?

  12. Mairi, she will think it unkind if we go to the theatre by ourselves.

  13. I have heard so many unkind things tonight, that I am quite unhappy.

  14. And I think it's very unkind of you to make me confess all this," she added fretfully.

  15. No one knew better than Erskine that he had just been unkind to his wife.

  16. He swore that she should never be put to this torture a second time; that if God would only spare her he would never, never quarrel with her, never say an unkind word to her again.

  17. Up till now she had never been unkind to the Baby.

  18. Lionel, I must say that you are unkind and obstinate.

  19. I have never met you with an unkind word; I have never given you a clouded look.

  20. There is little enough pleasure in this world, and it would be truly unkind to deny to you and me that of meeting again after so long a separation.

  21. The writer has certainly made many mistakes, but apparently not from any unkind motive, as he professes to be an admirer of Charlotte's works, pays a just tribute to her genius, and in common with thousands deplores her untimely death.

  22. DEAR ELLEN,--You do not reproach me in your last, but I fear you must have thought me unkind in being so long without answering you.

  23. Perhaps, at such a time, my dear girl, it may seem unkind to throw the least shadow over the bright sky of your happiness; but I cannot refrain from giving you some little advice now, at the outset of your new life.

  24. It is particularly painful to a woman, whenever her husband is unkind enough to say a lessening or harsh word of any member of her family: invectives against herself are not half so wounding.

  25. Perhaps it may be your luckless lot to be united to an unkind husband--a man who cares not whether he pleases or displeases, whether you are happy or unhappy.

  26. The unkind manner in which she had spoken that morning, was indeed regretted; but this seemed the only error.

  27. I am sure she will never be unkind to you, even if she do hurt you!

  28. Fighting is unkind and liable to be injurious to others; so, being a gentleman, I never fight.

  29. I do not wish to be unkind to Shaggy Man, but his brother has no claim on me.

  30. She looked earnestly upon him, and cried, "How unkind is that question!

  31. I will not entertain you, madam, with anything so common as the cruel usage of a step-mother; nor of what affected me much more, the unkind behaviour of a father under such an influence.

  32. I think I may be trusted with matters of this nature, and it is a little unkind that, if you intended to send a challenge, you did not make me the bearer.

  33. After receiving some kind congratulations on his safety, and some unkind hints concerning the warmth of his temper, the colonel asked her when she had seen her husband?

  34. I was now once more able to perform my duty; when (so unkind was the fortune of war), the second time I mounted the guard, I received a violent contusion from the bursting of a bomb.

  35. Lookee, doctor," said James, "I do not deserve the unkind suspicion you just now threw out against me.

  36. Unkind fortune, that not one drop of his blood reached my hand.

  37. You are very thoughtful, Herr Rex, but you must not think that any such unkind feeling can exist any longer now.

  38. But that there is danger threatened, it would be unkind and untrue not to warn you.

  39. As soon as her eyes allowed her, she sat down and wrote two more notes, a great deal stronger and better than before; for this time she need not fear the possibility of after reflections from an unkind world.

  40. But while we sympathise with these sentiments, and think that Mr M'Leish was quite entitled to hold them, it was surely ungrateful and unkind to act in the way he often did, not only to Mr Oliphant, but also to his lady.

  41. There is no record that Mr M'Leish ever felt or expressed regret at the unkind way in which he had treated his benefactor.

  42. He was never so very unkind to me," said Lady Susanna, with her handkerchief up to her eyes.

  43. But you've known me a long time, and I think it's unkind that you should run me down with a new acquaintance.

  44. I think it is unkind to say that papa is indiscreet," said the Dean's daughter.

  45. You are all so very unkind to him," ejaculated the Marchioness.

  46. Are all these unkind things true that your mistress is s-saying about me?

  47. I thought it an unfair and unkind thing to do; it put the Grassinis into a false position; and it was nothing less than cruel to the girl herself.

  48. It would be unkind of us to follow them out there, wouldn't it?

  49. I feel confident that you will not write anything unkind or inconsistent with good taste.

  50. This was rather unkind perhaps to the other aspirants, and is, in fact, scarcely defensible, but it was Miss Cocker's way of declaring her intentions publicly.

  51. I made some reference to him in a review that was not intended to be unkind or depreciatory in any way, as I always felt a deep respect for Mr. Mackay, but unhappily he saw it in another light, and so it ended our intercourse.

  52. Animals that are kept in constant fear of suffering never thrive well, and they often become vicious and intractable by unkind and cruel treatment.

  53. Never be irritable or unkind to any body.

  54. They shame him out of his sour, and morose, and unkind feelings.

  55. You do not call a doctor unkind because he tells an unsuspecting patient that his disease is far advanced, and that if it is not cured it will be fatal.

  56. There are very few of the great key-words of Christianity that have suffered more violent and unkind treatment, and have been more obscured by misunderstandings, than this great word.

  57. But seriously, I do see that it must have annoyed you, and I soon left off being so unkind as to laugh.


  58. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unkind" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    bad; bitter; black; brutal; cruel; disagreeable; evil; hard; harsh; heartless; hurtful; ill; improper; inauspicious; inexpedient; inferior; inhospitable; inhuman; invalid; malevolent; mean; peccant; sharp; sinful; sinister; unamiable; unfeeling; ungracious; unkind; unloving; unmerciful; unskillful; unsympathetic; untoward; vicious; wicked; wrong