Sentence examples for the unfortunate effect from inspiring English sources

Scott, who has lured her into writing the story, denounces it as 'callow and coy', and meets her protest that it really happened with the remark, 'Once you start writing, it all becomes fiction.' The taut, diamond-hard quality of 'Fiction' has the unfortunate effect of making 'Non-Fiction' seem almost flabby, and it is indeed a rather more obvious piece.

The austere physical production, including crisply effective lighting by Brian H. Scott and an eerie score by Christian Frederickson, has the unfortunate effect of setting the antic performances in even starker relief.

But on Tuesday this had the unfortunate effect of overpowering the singers.

The unfortunate effect was to paint Ms. Nagel as a dilettante.

This has had the unfortunate effect of removing the competent ones from their posts.

The unfortunate effect was that Bush seemed to need extra time to comprehend questions and form answers.

Consequently Valles's version, while accurate, has the unfortunate effect of making the casual reader think of David Blaine.

All this ingenuity, however, had the unfortunate effect of highlighting deficiencies in the rest of the choreography.

It was a little awkward, a six-second clip that had the unfortunate effect of reminding people that Morrison used to be a big deal.

It had the unfortunate effect of contributing to the obesity epidemic, as food manufacturers substituted sugar and other carbohydrates for fat in everything from yoghurts to ready meals.

This, when combined with an agreeable, go-with-the-flow personality, can have the unfortunate effect of making some astronauts seem a little robotic.