How to Use unsatisfied in a Sentence

unsatisfied

adjective
  • In the months since then, rank-and-file workers have remained unsatisfied with the progress of talks.
    Ben Botkin, oregonlive, 25 July 2023
  • The girl who is unsatisfied, and yet has not the energy or perhaps the courage to escape.
    Patricia Highsmith, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Clearly annoyed and unsatisfied, Grace asks him to pick up the dry cleaning on the way home.
    Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com, 10 May 2021
  • If the parties behind the lawsuit are left unsatisfied, the case will go to court, according to one of the lawyers, Slim Ben Achour.
    Elaine Ganley, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2021
  • Despite the changes that has led to a rise in revenues, cities remain unsatisfied.
    al, 30 Aug. 2020
  • Like a man unsatisfied with a photograph of himself, Liu balled up his hands and placed them on his hips.
    Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 17 June 2019
  • That’s always been a part that leaves me a little bit unsatisfied.
    Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The post is sweet, but left some fans feeling, well, a little confused and unsatisfied.
    Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 16 June 2019
  • That’s leaving many of them unsatisfied with their jobs.
    Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 6 May 2024
  • The Tigers’ play in the secondary left the players on the back end feeling unsatisfied after their first two wins against Akron and Alabama State.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 20 Sep. 2021
  • For years, the show's abrupt ending left fans unsatisfied because the fate of Tony remained unanswered.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Even at this stage of spring training, the Orioles seem to be unsatisfied with their current roster and are looking to add.
    Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 15 Mar. 2021
  • But even Chambers is unsatisfied with her progress thus far.
    Jason Kehe, Wired, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Trump was unsatisfied and asked again, the officials said.
    Vivian Salama, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2018
  • But those looking for a lucid perspective of progress to cheer are sure to leave unsatisfied.
    Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 18 July 2023
  • What’s more, if the client is unsatisfied with the virtual staging, simply change it.
    Amanda Molitor, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2019
  • In the second act, the party is stranded in a room at an embassy after a feast that has left them feeling full yet unsatisfied.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The first scene of the pilot found her with an unsatisfied client, a man who’d asked her to capture photographs of his spouse cheating on him with his brother.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 14 June 2019
  • Billions have been pledged to the rebuilding, and a new design could risk backers pulling out if unsatisfied.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 29 May 2019
  • While many viewers shared their support after Pot Roast’s death, others were unsatisfied by the way the cat's mom handled it.
    NBC News, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Lawmakers on both sides of the gun debate were left unsatisfied.
    Tony Cook, Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Perhaps unsatisfied with the result, the captain came in again without her.
    Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
  • None of his auditors put it through, so Trump was left unsatisfied but blameless.
    David Bromwich, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Still, the crew members Rolling Stone spoke with say they were unsatisfied with the way production handled outbreaks.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Klein did a gut renovation of the existing house and, unsatisfied with the result, tore it down and started over.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 29 July 2021
  • But many states, worried that their case counts are about to soar and their hospitals will be swamped, have been unsatisfied with their allotment.
    Mike Spies, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2020
  • However, while many were able to feed that hunger, many others went unsatisfied.
    Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Jan. 2021
  • The good, but not exceptional, score that Riddell tailored for the teen left Huneeus unsatisfied.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Most Americans are unsatisfied with the way the country is heading.
    Erin Doherty, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Overall, though, 52% of voters are satisfied with democracy at large in the state, while 44% report being unsatisfied.
    Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 24 June 2024

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