How to Use unkind in a Sentence

unkind

adjective

• It was unkind of you not to invite her.
• How could you be so unkind?
• This year has been unkind to both.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 24 June 2026
• Keep in mind that there are both kind and unkind ways to do this.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
• The first two and a half months have been unkind to the Mets.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
• The comments were unkind to me.
  — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
• Reviews of his play were unkind.
  — Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2025
• But recent years have been unkind.
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
• The next day was agony, driving through the desert, the scenery sharp and unkind.
  — Chris Rush, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
• His tone isn’t unkind, just formal.
  — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
• And the dude never had an unkind word, was always kind to the crew.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
• Tammy called both women all kinds of names and was deeply unkind to them.
  — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 19 Feb. 2020
• My dog, disturbed and unkind to strangers, is barking at her to leave.
  — Kellyn B. Eaddy, BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2022
• In the show, those around Sheila aren't privy to her often unkind thoughts.
  — Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 31 July 2021
• Your friend thought about, wrote and got caught writing something unkind about you.
  — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
• Social media were a bit more unkind.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
• But to start from too small is so unkind to an entire gender who are so hungry.
  — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Jan. 2019
• But the slate also proved unkind to a number of other passers.
  — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2020
• And even if some of the advanced metrics have been unkind to him at times this season.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2022
• Others have weighed in that Wolf’s comments were an unkind joke about her looks.
  — refinery29.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• One night while doing homework, my son told me about a classmate who had been unkind to him.
  — Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2024
• Jones shattered, the way this league can crush a QB if the fates are unkind.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 July 2026
• The 10th innings were unkind to the Sox.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
• Let your husband know that the first unkind word or gesture by his parents and they will be asked to leave.
  — Ashley Vega, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
• Making comics is not easy (writes a guy who has never made one), and the business end can be unkind.
  — Will Nevin, OregonLive.com, 11 Apr. 2018
• Our oldest is a teenager and can see the unkind things being said online.
  — Escher Walcott, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
• The past month has been unkind to Nick Richards on the basketball court.
  — Fletcher Page, The Courier-Journal, 15 Jan. 2018
• In a game that was unkind to goalies, Jeremy Swayman took the worst of it.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2022
• Most people don’t go to work with the intention of being unkind.
  — Anna Shields, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
• Screams at the refs, unkind words hurled at McMillan as the team made its exit.
  — Tony Catalina, Houston Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2026