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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The study quoted providers who were unhappy with attempts to outsource CCM work.
  — Phil Galewitz, NPR, 17 Apr. 2024
• The Kings were hoping to end the longest playoff drought in NBA history in front of their fans, but sent them home unhappy.
  — Josh Dubow, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2023
• If a client is unhappy with your work, your team or your attitude, listen and learn.
  — Nancy A Shenker, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
• But some of Japan’s neighbors are unhappy with the proposal.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 4 July 2023
• Rarely have so many Americans been so unhappy with the direction of the country for so long.
  — Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
• Some workers are unhappy with this outcome and say they are owed as much as $6 billion.
  — Max Siegelbaum, ProPublica, 22 Aug. 2023
• Ibaka is in the final year of his contract and was unhappy with his role in Milwaukee.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023
• Because there’s only going to be one, and there’s going to be 39 that went home unhappy.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 18 Feb. 2024
• Elephants are sensitive animals, wildlife experts say, and Charley was showing signs of being deeply unhappy in his enclosure since his partner, Landa, died in 2020.
  — Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Sep 2024