Sentence examples for pretty off-putting from inspiring English sources

And Newt can be pretty off-putting even when he's explaining that he loves his grandchildren.

But, she added, the arrest and the general climate of corruption it seemed to symbolize, coming during the request-for-proposal process, was "pretty off-putting for a lot of folks".

I'd worry that ninth graders would narrow themselves too early, would be reluctant to take much interest in something so distant from their young perspective, and might be turned off of a process that (forgive me) sounds pretty off-putting in the first place.

Locals often spoke of the women in this way, as though they were a necessary commodity, and whatever their intentions, it could be pretty off-putting.

"I know I've heard them do anti gay marriage things that were pretty off-putting, but there was one bit that was racist but also promoted violence it may have been after the Charlottesville shooting and I just felt that was too much.

This style of writing is somewhat off-putting.

Even though the reality of schools nowadays is very different from the terrifying places they were with bullying and violence rife, as was vividly recorded at the time in Thomas Hughes Tom Brown's School Days and FW Farrer's Eric, or, Little by Little, most stories about school can be pretty off putting!

Speaking as the sort of pale, ginger, misanthrope who finds sunshine over-rated and at times borderline unpleasant, the idea of a festival abroad is actually pretty off putting to me.

Khan gives us a pretty ruthless, off-putting picture of the less-than-glamorous industry and Jay does a lot of growing up.

Now, that was plenty off-putting.

If you're a red-wine-only drinker – and you're not alone, there are about 10 million of you out there – this whole rosé thing must seem pretty mystifying, not to mention off-putting.