Sentence examples for making unpleasant from inspiring English sources

Like most presidents, Mr Obama has so far had a foreign policy that consists of making unpleasant and unsatisfactory choices when faced with crises, rather than reshaping the world.

Remember, Herbert Hoover didn't have a problem making unpleasant decisions: he had the courage and toughness to slash spending and raise taxes in the face of the Great Depression.

If he'd shown mercy half the men of the Night's Watch would never have followed him again and, as Stannis's grim nod of approval made clear, being a leader is about making unpleasant choices and at least Jon was man (and Stark) enough to carry the execution out himself.

Providing a sense of progression is a form of feedback and is a key component of making unpleasant tasks more manageable.

As a result, anyone observing the trade-off activities will conclude that this is what business life is all about: making unpleasant trade-offs.

If retirement savings patterns and demographic trends hold, a growing share of the nation's retirees will spend their final years making unpleasant choices between essentials such as housing, medication and food.

They make unpleasant viewing.

Surely we expect leaders to make unpleasant decisions on our behalf.

Because she declined to appear, he again made unpleasant sexist comments about her.

Racism and sex discrimination are dismissed as economically irrational behaviour, as if this is enough to make unpleasant realities disappear.

Like our criminals, our politicians for the most part did their jobs this past year in a bland, indeed downright forgettable fashion, but a few managed to make unpleasant waves.