Caught 'em red handed and threatened them with certain unpleasantry if I caught them again, but this was no deterrent ... most of 'em are way too far gone to even remember who it is they are stealing from, one day to the next. From Wordnik.com. [For bottle return mess, a new idea (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference
He referred to the war as an “unpleasantry of life.”. From Wordnik.com. [Bungalowing Iraq] Reference
I've waited a fortnight to see some live off-the-ball unpleasantry (in HD as well), and now they're showing me. From Wordnik.com. [Tim Dowling's World Cup diary] Reference
Punishment is usually used to describe a process whereby a person found guilty of a crime is forced to endure unpleasantry in order to persuade the individual to change their way. From Wordnik.com. [If Mr. Williams is killed, nothing will be better for it.] Reference
That unpleasantry had been redacted from my account, thank you. From Wordnik.com. [Hoboken411.com] Reference
The teacher is focusing on one minor unpleasantry while ignoring all the other hazards present. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
And for that reason, even creative solutions will need to be coupled with unpleasantry in the form of rationing. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Kos] Reference
"There, Sir Richard, don't let's make a fuss and a lot of unpleasantry about a trumpery little amount like that, when it is all so easy for you.". From Wordnik.com. [The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne] Reference
"I know it's a horrible nuisance, with the suspicion and unpleasantry, and it was a very beautiful thing, which I am very, very sorry has been lost; but let's try and forget it.". From Wordnik.com. [Glyn Severn's Schooldays] Reference
But there was a good deal of discomfort and unpleasantry abroad, for a young relative of Spottleover the thrush had lost three or four eggs from his nest at the bottom of the garden. From Wordnik.com. [Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn] Reference
Rare is the person amongst us who has never been called a name in their lifetime, it's pretty much an inescapable unpleasantry of childhood and, for some, continues on into their adult years. From Wordnik.com. [UGO.com - UnderGroundOnline] Reference
The march continued, matters seeming to go on very smoothly -- but only seeming, mind you, for let alone that we were all walking upon a volcano, there was a good deal of unpleasantry brewing. From Wordnik.com. [Begumbagh A Tale of the Indian Mutiny] Reference
I had forgotten the unpleasantry of the dinner in the beauty of the scene, for there were abundance of flowers, the sky was of a vivid blue, and the sun shone down brilliantly, and made the distant water of the river sparkle. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser] Reference
The scene drove away all the little unpleasantry, and the dinner proceeded, with the colonel and his officers doing their best to entertain their guests, but only seeming to succeed with the two pages of honour, to whom everything was, in its novelty, thoroughly delightful. From Wordnik.com. [In Honour's Cause A Tale of the Days of George the First] Reference
I'm sort of hoping the Royals don't need 20 starts out of him, because that would mean someone's injured for a long time, or maybe that Kyle Davies 'September to Remember wasn't the real thing, or that Luke Hochevar isn't rocking it out, or some other rotational unpleasantry. From Wordnik.com. [Major League Baseball] Reference
To this party, the Prince being served with chocolate in his bedchamber, where he lay late, sleeping away the fumes of his wine, the Doctor came, and by the urgent and startling nature of his news, dissipated instantly that private and minor unpleasantry under which the family of Castlewood was laboring. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne] Reference
Consequently I used often, when I found him standing alone by the bulwarks watching the shore, to edge up to him, and stop to talk; our conversation being directed by me toward some little unpleasantry in the forecastle, which if he had complained about to the first lieutenant, there would have been a severe reprimand. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser] Reference
All that work and unpleasantry. From Wordnik.com. ["The unknown can be very anxiety provoking, You don't know what will be served. You don't know who you will sit next to."] Reference
About people being wrongfully suspected, and all the unpleasantry. ". From Wordnik.com. [Glyn Severn's Schooldays] Reference
Why, it would be such a mad thing to go to lawyers and make expenses, and have a reg'lar trouble, when your name on three bits of paper would save both of you from unpleasantry. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne] Reference
A week after the unpleasantry. From Wordnik.com. [The Moderate Voice] Reference
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