Example Sentences

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We first see her slouched on a sofa on the back porch of the family’s house, seemingly cocooned in unhappiness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

NBCUniversal’s unhappiness over the pace of change is also justified, Bellew said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

This has sparked some unhappiness among some Sri Lankan who feel that the fuel quotas - 15 litres for private cars and five litres for motorcycles - are too low.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

People are trying to make sense of their unhappiness, which is leading them to “making a valid connection between their online lives and their overall psychological state of being, which is not good,” Lembke said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

The unhappiness produced by the knowledge of that engagement had been a little put aside by Elizabeth Martin’s calling at Mrs. Goddard’s a few days afterwards.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen