How to Use unenviable in a Sentence

unenviable

adjective

• In the end, the defense lawyers had the unenviable task of getting a jury past a video that the whole world had seen.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2021
• The man with the unenviable task of guiding the princess through the minefield was Paul Heslop of the Halo Trust.
  — Max Foster, CNN, 11 Nov. 2021
• The cast is left to do the unenviable heavy lifting of finding any depth in their roles.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2022
• Ross has the unenviable task of trying to win games with a roster fit for Triple A.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2021
• It’s time for the Celtics to make the best out of an unenviable situation and scrape up all of their cap space.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2019
• And the United States is a member of that unenviable list.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2023
• Two men, one of them with the unenviable task of interpreter, look on — one amused, the other awe-struck.
  — Adam Bradley, New York Times, 17 June 2021
• Those runs put the Horned Frog in the unenviable position of attempting to dig their way out of a 2-0 hole.
  — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2022
• The Suns face the unenviable task of having to win at Milwaukee, where the Bucks own a 9-1 postseason record.
  — Steve Megargee, Star Tribune, 19 July 2021
• Already in penalty kill, UW was put in the unenviable spot of being two-men down.
  — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2022
• This news leaves the Merseyside club in the unenviable position of still having to find a new number one ahead of the new season.
  — SI.com, 23 June 2018
• Over the weekend a team of Cleveland.com staffers sifted through the entries with the unenviable task of choosing the 10 pets that best embody the Buckeye spirit.
  — Brenda Cain and Yadi Rodriguez - Cleveland.com, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022
• Now Notre Dame gets the unenviable task of trying to handcuff a Terps offense that is tied for fifth in the nation in scoring (17.5 goals).
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 4 Mar. 2022
• Now, Guerra, who met with the media on Tuesday, is the man faced with the unenviable task of replacing Schantz.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 24 Aug. 2022
• That’s left the carrier in the unenviable position of needing to sell the network, or grid, to tackle all the gross debt built up over the last 25 years.
  — Daniele Lepido, Fortune, 17 July 2023
• Oleksandr is aware of the unenviable task of holding the Russians at bay, but thinks his troops have a skill that others don’t.
  — Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
• Sewell had the unenviable task throughout the first half of trying to stop Hendrickson.
  — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 17 Oct. 2021
• That leaves middle-of-the-pack ones like Kroger in an unenviable position.
  — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 15 June 2023
• The Knicks, however, because of the cost of acquiring Anunoby in the deal with the Raptors, are in an unenviable spot.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024
• The unenviable task of the opening verse with some vocal juggernauts to come.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2021
• Not having Brad Marchand, who could miss the first two months because of double hip surgery, is an unenviable way for a coach to start.
  — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
• But challenges lie ahead and as the next leader in Albany, Hochul has the unenviable job of restoring faith in the state government.
  — Christine C. Quinn, CNN, 22 Aug. 2021
• And Knowlton, who was already based in New York and had been with the magazine for 11 years, had the unenviable chore of having to lobby to keep his job.
  — Adam Rapoport, Bon Appetit, 20 Mar. 2018
• Reiff has the unenviable task of keeping Pro Bowl defensive end Danielle Hunter at bay.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2021
• And leave the prickly, prissy, petulant Scot somewhere on the side of the road in an unenviable neighborhood.
  — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 12 Apr. 2018
• The Astros coaching staff gave Justin Pitcher the unenviable task of opposing Lamb on the hill.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 4 Aug. 2020
• Fans were unsure what to expect of Tony Batista, who was in the unenviable position of having to replace a Hall of Famer.
  — Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2024
• Last week a team of cleveland.com staffers met and poured over the photos with the unenviable task of narrowing it down to just 20 purr-fectly adorable cats to move on as the Top 20 finalists.
  — cleveland, 25 Oct. 2021
• The situation this put Harlin and Davis in was unenviable.
  — Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
• The series has the sometimes unenviable task of filling in those sketches without losing the original vision.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024