Sentence examples for At unpleasant from inspiring English sources

He added that "if you want to look at unpleasant tactics, in terms of street campaigning, and outright, naked unpleasantness of a national/racial nature", then "you only have to see what was said to me when I was surrounded by a group of thugs in a street in Edinburgh".

But Ryan is supposed to be the champ at forcing us to look at unpleasant facts.

But it lacked the obsessive hacking away at unpleasant topics that would characterize the best Carlin material.

The meeting was remarkable for its clarity: the principals looked at unpleasant facts from every angle, asked fundamental questions about the choices available, criticized past failures, and agreed on new plans without concern for the political fallout.

All the culture that is most truly native centers around things which even when they are communal are not official -- the pub, the football match, the back garden, the fireside and the 'nice cup of tea.' " Where Paxman differs most from Orwell is in his disinclination to look too closely at unpleasant realities.

Research has shown that gazing at pleasant or interesting images causes an increase in pupil size, whereas gazing at unpleasant images causes pupils to constrict.

Foodborne illness and foodborne injury are at best unpleasant; at worst, they can be fatal.

That's at best unpleasant, and at worst it's emotional abuse.

But tickles and tingles can be pleasant at times and unpleasant at others, as well as affectively neutral at still other times.

The prices are dramatically low, but the experience is mediocre at best and unpleasant at worst.

"On average, the sad people looked about a second longer at the unpleasant slides, while happy people looked longer at the happy ones," said Dr. Bower.