Example Sentences

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The songs, so full of beauty and intelligence, truth and yearning, wit and pathos, revealed the lie that their author is inaccessible and unconsoling.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2020

Although few films this year will make the kind of impression that “The Lobster” does, it remains grim fare, spiky and unconsoling, and, where there are laughs, they die at the back of the throat.

From The New Yorker • May 16, 2016

Instead, this unconsoling novel questions the purpose of guilt, and in turning aside our conditioned expectations encourages us to extend the borders of our compassion.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2014

It is laden with large white jugs; they tinkle as he moves, and I recognise the unconsoling fluid.

From The Point of View by James, Henry

It’s laden with large white jugs; they tinkle as he moves, and I recognise the unconsoling fluid. 

From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by James, Henry