unsoldierly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsoldierly
Adjective
  • WristbandGuy, for his part, was an amiable if preoccupied host.
    Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The Half Moon Bay weigh-off began in 1974, when the California town barely edged out Circleville, Ohio, in an amiable contest for the fictitious title of pumpkin capital of the world.
    Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The short war in Cuba gained the United States the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico; turned the nation into a Pacific power; and created beliefs that America was a stern yet benevolent country tasked by Destiny to enforce peace and bring prosperity to the world.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Since that time, says Paine, even those fortunate enough to live under benevolent rule have seldom been more than one generation away from yet another dreadful monarch.
    Matthew Redmond, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Spoofing slashers and their tired cliches with a new perspective, the comedy features Alan Tudyk and Tyler Labine as good-natured hillbillies assumed to be backwoods psycho killers by a bunch of college students.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Steve Martin, who portrayed Keaton’s husband in 1991’s Father of the Bride and the sequel, paid tribute with a good-natured joke.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • That was Wilson, the genial leather-breeches maker, shoving a soldier to his knees.
    Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Season five, debuting this week, settles right into its usual rhythms, opening in the aftermath of last year’s finale and the surprise death of Lester (Teddy Coluca), the Arconia’s genial doorman since season one.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The flip-flop has been very much embraced in the celebrity world, serving as an easygoing accent to outfits like Hailey Bieber’s blue jeans, white T-shirt and black leather jacket combo or Zoë Kravitz’s vintage denim suit.
    Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Both of them are great spirits and really easygoing.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • However, the people who have stayed are actually pretty warm and cordial.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • While there, George recalls Strowman being cordial to staff and customers alike.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In person, Abbotoy’s affable, chatty, and eager to debate the finer points of political theory without raising his voice.
    David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • By steadily building a following over the years, Karsten Runquist, a 27-year-old aspiring director with an affable and unassuming demeanor, has become, by some measures, one of today’s most prominent movie reviewers.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Sweeney stars as Penny Jo, a South Dakota diner waitress with an appealing smile, an ingratiating stammer, a scarf in her hair, and deep reserves of ruthless ambition.
    Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Still, on a moment-to-moment basis, the film has tension, strong character dynamics and sharp individual portraits whose astringency gets alleviated by Gottsagen and James’ more ingratiating turns.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Unsoldierly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsoldierly. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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