UNFRIENDLY in a Sentence

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For UNFRIENDLY, below is one of 14 sentences:
Even people who had formerly been spiteful toward him and evidently unfriendly now became gentle and affectionate.

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 Meanings and Examples of UNFRIENDLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
unfriendly
 a.  not friendly
 a.  very unfavorable to life or growth
Classic Sentence:
1  His eyes followed Peter about the room with a contemptuous, unfriendly expression.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
2  A colored man and a fugitive slave were on unfriendly terms.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
3  It was not an unfriendly grunt, but it was a grunt.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
4  The people were as haggard, shapeless, and dreary as the countryside, and as unfriendly.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
5  He could have the vessel drive to land; but if it were unfriendly land, wherein he was not free to move, his position would still be desperate.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
6  Even people who had formerly been spiteful toward him and evidently unfriendly now became gentle and affectionate.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I
7  Meanwhile the Ilian women went with disordered tresses to unfriendly Pallas' temple, and bore the votive garment, sadly beating breast with palm: the goddess turning away held her eyes fast on the ground.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIRST
8  Not a few of the Southern white papers were unfriendly to the idea of my speaking.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIII.
9  His features relaxed in their usual severity as he gazed upon the beautiful creature before him, alone, unfriended, and defending herself with so much spirit and courage.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
Example Sentence:
1  An unfriendly attitude of the shop-assistant often annoys customers.
2  It is not fair for him to be permanently unfriendly to someone who has hurt him.
3  Our golf club is run by a very unfriendly clique.
4  She has a very formal manner, which can seem unfriendly.
5  While the president was happy to bandy patriotic generalizations with anyone who would listen to him, he refused to exchange words with unfriendly reporters at the press conference.