Example Sentences

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Even when they are tasty, creamy pasta sauces can be unappealingly heavy.

From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2023

I found the sauce nondescript and the mass of oyster and beech mushrooms, coupled with less-than-crunchy buttermilk slaw, unappealingly mushy.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2019

But she’d planned a fall visit to her nonsmoking children in Alaska in 2013, and standing outside their home to smoke sounded unappealingly chilly.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2017

Meats can come out of those bags looking unappealingly gray, which is why searing them afterward on the stove top or grill is common practice.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2017

Darker vinegars can also turn the color of a dish unappealingly muddy.

From Slate • Sep. 11, 2012