Example Sentences

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Since beginning in Norway in June, the crew of the Abel Tasman have already sailed around Iceland and Greenland, before entering the unaccommodating waters that run between northernmost Canada and the Arctic.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024

Mathew Staver of Liberty Counsel, which is representing Shurtleff, said the city has been unaccommodating.

From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2022

You deserve more than a coercive, unaccommodating partner.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2021

Thunberg’s is a voice of unaccommodating clarity that reminds me of Soviet-era dissidents.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 2, 2018

He smoked, read his paper, and investigated in an unaccommodating spirit all that St. Moritz provided; but he didn't have to talk.

From The Dark Tower by Soper, J. H. Gardner