How to Use unhappy in a Sentence

unhappy

adjective

• The movie's hero meets an unhappy fate.
• For three unhappy days we were all stuck in the house because of the blizzard.
• I can see that he's unhappy, but I don't know why.
• I've never seen her looking so unhappy.
• Because in the end, a lot of kids quit and were unhappy.
  — Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024
• If your plants look unhappy, flush the soil and switch the water source.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2024
• The ones who were burned out, stressed, and unhappy, with no relief in sight.
  — Yvonne McBride, Essence, 26 Sep. 2022
• If the case goes to Trial one side will be very unhappy.
  — Douglas I. Leifert, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
• And seven in 10 are unhappy with the way things are going in the country.
  — Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2024
• The simplest way to be unhappy is to do work that does not excite you in any way.
  — Matt Mayberry, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2023
• Winnie doesn’t know about the first part and is unhappy about the second.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2022
• The next day, a very unhappy Joseph Murray called Frances again.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024
• At least one of those tribes is unhappy with what the states proposed and plans to submit its own plan.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
• And as messy and sometimes as unhappy as the next person.
  — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2022
• In the first few years of OpenAI, Musk grew unhappy with the company.
  — Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
• But many are unhappy with the offer and the conditions attached to it.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 10 Jan. 2023
• While most of the crowd was dancing and smiling, there always seemed to be one or two people in the back of the bar, arms crossed and unhappy.
  — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
• What about all the folks who bought a Tesla Model S or X with the yoke-style setup and are unhappy with it?
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 6 Jan. 2023
• Though the film was a success, Houston was unhappy on set.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2022
• Some of the ghost quitters are unhappy and would love for nothing more than to leave, but are afraid of the attendant risks.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022
• Were there no signs that Blixa was unhappy before the email arrived?
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2022
• But many rank and file union members were unhappy with the offer, which fell short of the 40% raise and pension changes that the union was seeking.
  — Russell Lewis, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
• Nor do voters unhappy with the last four years know how the next four would be any different.
  — Douglas Schoen, Orange County Register, 11 Oct. 2024
• Almost all pirates failed and went on to meet an unhappy end.
  — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
• There is a tension in the data that says on the one hand, how many people want the job and, on the other hand, how unhappy drivers are with their pay.
  — Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
• Hugo Urbina, who owns a pecan farm next to the Rio Grande, was unhappy with the constant foot traffic on his land, sometimes dozens of people a day.
  — Edgar Sandoval, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• The Detroit Red Wings turn westward on a note both unhappy and hopeful.
  — Detroit Free Press, 1 Jan. 2024
• The baristas were surprised by the announcement and unhappy about the fact that Bennett asked them to re-apply for their jobs.
  — oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2023
• So, there will be current members that are unhappy with this move.
  — PCMAG, 20 Jan. 2023
• While most of the post-debate conversation on television focused on other aspects of the event, Trump was clearly unhappy that more people were not focusing on Walz’s gaffe.
  — David Gilbert, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024