Sentence examples for unfortunate display from inspiring English sources

"This is an unfortunate display of the mayor preventing the judicial process from operating".

Even if this mummery had been as brilliant and insightful as Olivier's "Othello," your friend is correct: it was an unfortunate display.

In a blog post by FreedomWorks, a libertarian group, Tyler S. Boyer, a district chairman, characterized the tactics that Ms. Brewer used to push through the expansion as "an unfortunate display of moral ineptitude".

"There has been a glaring and unfortunate display of incompetent strategic leadership within our national leaders," he said, adding that civilian officials have been "derelict in their duties" and guilty of a "lust for power".

In an unfortunate display of cheerleading, the Internal Revenue Service has been directed by the Bush administration to send out 91 million letters telling taxpayers that thanks to President Bush, the check will soon be in the mail.

At the outset I must note that this faces me with difficult problems, I have consistently protested a long course of habeas decisions in this Court which, I still believe, constitute an unsound extension of the historic scope of the writ and an unfortunate display of insensitivity to the principles of federalism which underlie the American legal system.

The chamber's executive director, Randy Kehr, said the display was "unfortunate" but within the firefighter's rights.

It's what Howard Dean was trying to get at in 2003, while campaigning for the Presidency, when he said, in a characteristic display of unfortunate phrasing, "I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks".

In a brief statement to reporters, Mr. Christie expressed remorse for what he called "my unfortunate and ill-considered display of understanding for people different from myself," and urged the people of New Jersey to remember "my strong record of cutting funds for schools and the elderly".

In a 30-page letter, serving up a point-by-point rebuttal, the agency says Mr. Liu is "displaying an unfortunate misunderstanding" of the contracting process.

The Ikea museum in Almhult in Sweden doesn't sound like the most exciting day out, but it does house a cabinet displaying the "unfortunate" choices of names given to some products, such as Anis, Dick and Fanny – enough to keep the inner schoolboy amused all day.