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Recent Examples of unhappily These checks on presidential powers have not only been heeded by the men in power, however unhappily, but have become part of case law. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2025 Some lived unhappily at the club, unable to maximise their talent or contribute to success. Carl Anka, New York Times, 16 May 2025 Moscow, Washington, and, however unhappily, Kyiv know that NATO membership is out of Ukraine’s reach. The Editors, National Review, 24 Apr. 2025 The seller was unhappily mulling it when another offer emerged, then another. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unhappily
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhappily
Adverb
  • Tom’s final epiphany related to his estranged son isn’t earned, but not because of Ruffalo; his performance cuts a fine line between bitterly self-destructive and warmly spiritual.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • San Francisco officials fought bitterly against Waymo and now-defunct Cruise robotaxis from General Motors, after their vehicles repeatedly blocked traffic and emergency vehicles, with Cruise the main perpetrator.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • But sadly, the no-muss, no-fuss era of a single must-have national rail pass is over.
    Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
  • But sadly, after many rescue attempts, BSC closed for good in 2024, unable to overcome the financial issues that had plagued the school for decades.
    Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Noah Baumbach’s painfully incisive portrait of a family divorce among a remarkably prickly family of Brooklyn intellectuals finds so many ways to showcase its characters’ most brittle sides.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • There was a recognition Amorim’s predecessors had assembled a painfully lopsided squad, while the club had lacked a football structure since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in May 2013.
    Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Unhappily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhappily. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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