UNSIGHTLY in a Sentence

Learn UNSIGHTLY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for UNSIGHTLY, such as:

1. I believe I should not have dared to look at anyone with such an unsightly countenance.
2. There are some trees, Watson, which grow to a certain height, and then suddenly develop some unsightly eccentricity.

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 Meanings and Examples of UNSIGHTLY
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unsightly
 a.  ugly; displeasing to eye; unpleasant to look at
Classic Sentence:
1  Hard by, was a little churchyard; not crowded with tall unsightly gravestones, but full of humble mounds, covered with fresh turf and moss: beneath which, the old people of the village lay at rest.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
2  There are some trees, Watson, which grow to a certain height, and then suddenly develop some unsightly eccentricity.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
3  In passing, it may be remarked that his fellow tchinovniks were a peculiarly plain, unsightly lot, some of them having faces like badly baked bread, swollen cheeks, receding chins, and cracked and blistered upper lips.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
4  I believe I should not have dared to look at anyone with such an unsightly countenance.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: I
5  Legree stepped out into a large entry, which went up stairs, by what had formerly been a superb winding staircase; but the passage-way was dirty and dreary, encumbered with boxes and unsightly litter.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
Example Sentence:
1  Although James was an experienced emergency room nurse, he occasionally became queasy when faced with a particularly unsightly injury.