Example Sentences

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But it’s too striking a shot to dismiss as self-conscious or unpromisingly stern.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024

They became stranded at a stream called Cooper's Creek, having found no way to carry enough water to cross a stretch of desert to the nearest colonial outpost at the unpromisingly named Mount Hopeless.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2019

“Have you ever been to the coast of Leitrim?” he asked her, unpromisingly.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 8, 2018

My destination is Teresa’s Mosaic Cafe, a Mexican restaurant unpromisingly set behind a McDonald’s parking lot.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2015

“I don’t want them for the reason you think I want them for,” Latimer replied; his voice was cold and hard, and his manner unpromisingly free from emotion or eagerness.

From In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim by Burnett, Frances Hodgson