How to Use unsavory in a Sentence

unsavory

adjective

• He is an unsavory character.
• Next in line is one of the more unsavory creatures on the list.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
• The updates are aimed at cleaning up some of the more unsavory app practices on the store.
  — Wired, 1 Aug. 2022
• If that is too unsavory, Biden can look to Ronald Reagan’s record.
  — The Editors, National Review, 29 Jan. 2024
• At times, our fear of an unsavory outcome can feel permanent, and that’s not the case.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 11 Oct. 2023
• All the drivers were in a trailer with the Pacers watching a movie, an unsavory movie.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 20 May 2021
• Adding to the unsavory nature of the searches, some of them were made on his son’s iPad, the prosecutor said.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 18 Jan. 2023
• Counting dead birds is just the type of repetitive, unsavory task that AI was made for.
  — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 10 Aug. 2020
• And while the unsavory cloud will linger a while longer, the first steps toward normalcy were taken.
  — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2022
• What the Schiff and the crypto campaigns did may have been unsavory to many, but there was nothing out of the normal bounds of tough campaigns.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
• Electoral headlines for the past few weeks have been unsavory.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
• There were a few too many unsavory people in the outer rings of the inner circle, there was too much chaos swirling around her.
  — Jonathan Van Meter, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024
• And there are some pages that only now, in these unsavory times, suddenly take on the full depth of their meaning.
  — Amos Oz, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
• At the very least, the team should not have helped Watson in his unsavory activities.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 15 July 2022
• For now, that means the United States will have to deal with an unsavory government in New Delhi.
  — Daniel Markey, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2023
• But Setser warned of an unsavory aspect of direct sales.
  — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2023
• That soon changed as the less affluent began to chafe at their high prices and unsavory practices.
  — Peter Schwartzstein, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2020
• But on Nickelodeon, the league’s most unsavory realities are kept out by a moat of slime.
  — Jake Nevins, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2022
• A far cry from the trendy neighborhood seen in films and TV shows today, the area is home to some of the Big Apple’s most unsavory citizens.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
• If so, this might get the AI to self-control and no longer pursue the unsavory actions underway.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
• What the bad thing is has not yet been revealed, but if something unsavory happens to this kid … Shyamalan, watch your back!
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2022
• Bomer commands the screen like usual, and doesn’t flinch from the many selfish, unsavory aspects of the character.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2023
• That means the toothpaste isn’t just covering up bad breath with a strong minty flavor but fighting unsavory smells at the source.
  — Isabella Ubaldi, Verywell Health, 19 Apr. 2024
• The crew members of My Seanna see unsavory behavior from one of the charter guests.
  — Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2021
• There is something unsavory, even sickly about the artist, something not entirely on the side of life.
  — New York Times, 17 Sep. 2021
• This royal can be a royal pain, and Stewart doesn’t flinch from the more unsavory aspects of Diana’s woe.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Nov. 2021
• At his heart, the complicated Bug is a good man who will take unsavory actions.
  — Oline H. Cogdill Sun Sentinel, Star Tribune, 3 Aug. 2020
• The Yeezy brand did have a deal with Adidas but the sportswear brand cut ties with Ye after a myriad of unsavory remarks.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 15 Dec. 2023
• However, if a buyer does discover unsavory past events via research, a listing agent should be prepared to discuss them if asked, says Beacher.
  — Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
• Disclaimer tells the story of a successful documentarian, Catherine (Blanchett), whose elegant life is upended by the arrival of a novel on her doorstep that seems to be telling the story of an unsavory chapter from her past.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024