How to Use uninviting in a Sentence

uninviting

adjective

• Usually the dough balls tend to be dense and uninviting.
  — Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2021
• At our worst, city Alaskans often view the villages as bleak and uninviting places.
  — New York Times, 18 Jan. 2021
• In different hands, a space like that could feel cold and uninviting.
  — Candace Braun Davison, House Beautiful, 8 Mar. 2019
• One of the ideas residents stressed — and that Ambrose picked up on — is to open up the riverfront, which for decades has been uninviting.
  — James Briggs, Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2018
• Panmunjom remains a lonely, uninviting spot with the hush of a graveyard.
  — Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2018
• Looks like another bum is uninviting people from a place no one was going to anyway.
  — Anne Branigin, The Root, 26 Sep. 2017
• The Sonoran desert may seem tough and uninviting, but the hot weather provides an array of natural resources.
  — Jill Cassidy, The Arizona Republic, 23 Nov. 2021
• To get around the somewhat uninviting texture, some recommend finely chopping the leaves.
  — Bon Appetit, 9 May 2017
• To get around the somewhat uninviting texture, some recommend finely chopping the leaves.
  — Glenn Jackson, Bon Appetit, 9 May 2017
• The trail runs between a rustic fence marking the boundary of the reservoir and a higher, uninviting fence installed by the abutting property owner.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 4 Feb. 2018
• And with the ease of taking a shower or bath, the need for a spiritual plunge in an uninviting setting was often disregarded.
  — Kristin E. Holmes, Philly.com, 12 Apr. 2018
• An American Writers Museum could be a dry, uninviting place, like a novel left so long on the shelf that its cover is dusty, its pages brittle.
  — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 8 May 2017
• But the political battlefield has never looked more uninviting to a warrior of Flake’s kind.
  — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 26 July 2017
• For businesses open at night, the garbage mounds are uninviting obstacles standing between the storefronts and their customers.
  — Azi Paybarah, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2020
• Some people agreed that uninviting Lewinsky was bad manners.
  — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 9 May 2018
• To those unfamiliar with this remote part of the country, the roughly 100-mile stretch of Rio Grande Valley poses an uninviting landscape of thorny scrub, cactus, mesquite and sawgrass.
  — James F. McCarty, cleveland.com, 15 Apr. 2018
• The next option won’t be open until the following day and Autumn and Skyler, not having enough money to spend on a hotel, are only able to wander the cold, wet and uninviting city until morning.
  — Lindsey Bahr, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2020
• If either Russia or China were to be hostile — and both usually were — by definition Japan would be faced with an uninviting two-front war.
  — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 18 Oct. 2017
• The playground itself is small, with outdated features and dull, uninviting colors.
  — Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 6 June 2017
• Yet questions remain about the pass rush, O-line, a pair of running backs returning from serious injuries … not to mention an uninviting schedule.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2020
• That's not the only dish that outperforms a somewhat uninviting appearance.
  — Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 18 Jan. 2018
• Yes, its weather can be depressing and beaches comparatively uninviting, but the city is growing at the fastest pace in Australia, and employment is booming.
  — Bloomberg.com, 11 May 2017
• If Latina seems an uninviting setting, a series of gliding car-view shots over the opening credits eventually prove the worth of Massimo’s decision to settle there.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Sep. 2021
• With its emphasis on sleek forms and minimal decoration, modern style can sometimes be perceived as cold and uninviting.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2021
• Some colleges say President Donald Trump’s remarks about Muslims and other groups have sent an uninviting message to students overseas.
  — Collin Binkley, The Seattle Times, 3 May 2017
• Employers go begging for workers for many reasons, including low pay, uninviting work and lack of qualifications for the openings.
  — Diane Stafford, kansascity, 2 June 2017
• Keep Moving Okeke-Igbokwe stresses the importance of getting exercise, even when the weather’s uninviting.
  — Elizabeth Inglese, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2018
• Eggshell Decades ago chemists created the eggshell finish, which was a compromise for indoor environments needing more durability for wiping off hand marks while also holding back that thick glossy look that can make a large space look uninviting.
  — Brian Sodoma, azcentral, 9 May 2018
• The regularity of moments like these, some obviously racially rooted, others less so, made the Capitol’s gilded and marbled corridors feel like an uninviting and intimidating place to be a person of color.
  — Ricardo Lopez, The New Yorker, 10 June 2020
• The devastation of their country currently makes return very uninviting, particularly for refugees in Europe, who live in relative comfort compared with their compatriots in squalid camps in Lebanon or Jordan.
  — The Economist, 5 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024