I don't find her writing "unsentimental" at all, and I certainly wouldn't describe it as "unsparing". From Wordnik.com. [The Antelope Wife] Reference
Funke describes the tone as more modern and "unsentimental," a mirror of protagonist Jacob. From Wordnik.com. [Cornelia Funke partners creatively with Lionel Wigram in the new 'Reckless' - latimes.com] Reference
In the Star interview a day later, he said it's important to discuss the Canadian family in clear-eyed, "unsentimental" terms. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Blogs Feed] Reference
Sibyl said that she was too unsentimental to marry. From Wordnik.com. [Different Girls] Reference
The upcoming negotiations were going to be unsentimental. From Wordnik.com. [Nbc: The Road To 'Tap City'] Reference
"This is unsentimental Jo," he answered, in all humility. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes] Reference
But that doesn't mean the music isn't good and unsentimental. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Dylan Takes His Latest Look At 'Life'] Reference
The thought had never struck any of them, unsentimental souls!. From Wordnik.com. ["Contemptible", by "Casualty"] Reference
They are unsentimental, and have little patience for frivolity. From Wordnik.com. [The War In the Words of the Dead] Reference
But as I said, the Red Sox are a decidedly unsentimental franchise. From Wordnik.com. [Dumping Damon] Reference
Hetty's merry and unsentimental view of the situation; and it was with. From Wordnik.com. [Hetty's Strange History] Reference
Garry -- unsentimental Garry -- blinked as the car shot down the lane. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
He has remained as emotionally precise and unsentimental as ever before. From Wordnik.com. [Carlo Strenger: David Grossman -- Guide for the Perplexed] Reference
The conclusions that Schenone guides us to are unsentimental and unexpected. From Wordnik.com. [A Feast of a Food Book] Reference
FOREMAN: An unsentimental look back at Ohio by Krissy Hynde of the Pretenders. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 2, 2008] Reference
Terse, unsentimental, bleak -- McCarthy's readers have been down that road before. From Wordnik.com. [On the Lost Highway] Reference
'I should think,' replied the unsentimental counselor, 'that you had become crazy.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
His model was Jean Renoir, and his film's unsentimental humanism earns the comparison. From Wordnik.com. [Way Beyond Spaghetti And Meatballs] Reference
That and an unsentimental optimism seem to be the dominant notes of all Sir ARTHUR'S effort. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 11, 1919] Reference
Day-Lewis takes us through Gerry's turbulent conversions with fierce, unsentimental conviction. From Wordnik.com. [Injustice And Cruel Fates] Reference
To be sure, China's actions on many fronts reflect the unsentimental policy of an emerging power. From Wordnik.com. [New World Disorder] Reference
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I found him to be tough, smart, very unsentimental. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 7, 2009] Reference
"The Shipping News" has a quiet sense of community, a wry, unsentimental sweetness, that grows on you. From Wordnik.com. [Have Yourself A Movie Little Xmas] Reference
It makes for a clean and blessedly unsentimental read, but it also leaves you wanting more explanation. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs Of A Bare Naked Lady] Reference
Stephen Frear's memorable, invigoratingly unsentimental movie unfolds with a brash confidence of its own. From Wordnik.com. [Con-Artist Classic] Reference
Kirksey is unsentimental in getting crisp compositions that hold together no matter how long you look at them. From Wordnik.com. [Arts Extra: The 'Censorship Drill Again? Yo Mama!'] Reference
The robust and unsentimental realism of the BCP funeral service is better than modern sanitised sentimentality. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Common Prayer, part 4: In the midst of life] Reference
Mehlman is a tough, unsentimental guy — a stickler for detail who is also eager to deal in big ideas and big issues. From Wordnik.com. [Bush = Truman?] Reference
No one has ever captured what is at once so sad and beautiful in the look of America better than the unsentimental Frank. From Wordnik.com. [A Terrible Beauty] Reference
By linking "Camelot" to the Kennedy years, a treacly legend was launched, obscuring the unsentimental truth about the era. From Wordnik.com. [The Family's Real Legacy] Reference
It's a story that some have called unfilmable because of its unsentimental treatment of one of the worst times in history. From Wordnik.com. ['Fateless,' Faithful to the Kertesz Novel] Reference
The actors, especially young Dane, perfectly project Mamet's fiercely unsentimental triptych of a self-cannibalizing family. From Wordnik.com. [Phantoms In The Dark] Reference
Clyburn's first reply was unsentimental: Gephardt, as a House Democratic leader, had put him on the appropriations committee. From Wordnik.com. [Howard Dean's Southern Swing] Reference
"Diving Bell" is something else: ravishing to look at, mercifully unsentimental, blissfully avoiding almost every cliché of the genre. From Wordnik.com. [The Mind-Body Problem] Reference
I asked Hickman, a scholarly, unsentimental sort, whether there was more to the man than the grin of a grifter with a winning poker hand. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Edwards Continues to Defy Skeptics] Reference
The safe money for DOCUMENTARY FEATURE is on "March of the Penguins," but the unsentimental "Murderball" might take those cute birds down. From Wordnik.com. [Oscars: The Envelope, Please] Reference
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