Sentence examples for unfortunate notions from inspiring English sources

In Ms. Ozick's book, set in 1952, a divorced schoolteacher named Bea Nightingale is cajoled by her brother into rescuing his son, who has been hanging around Paris with the likes of George Plimpton and James Baldwin and has unfortunate notions of becoming a writer.

Instead, she reinforced the unfortunate notion that to be successful, female athletes must position themselves as sex objects.

I think one of the biggest problems in much of Christianity today is this unfortunate notion that Christians alone know or understand God.

The notion that unfortunate events are caused by unseen evil entities is prehistoric and ubiquitous.

The idea that American law enforcement's mass surveillance of Muslim communities is a necessary, if unfortunate, counterterrorism tool rests with the empirically false notion that American Muslims are more prone to political violence than other Americans.

From a clinical standpoint, one cannot argue with the notion that this is a most unfortunate and gut-wrenching situation; Harry's failed suicide attempt led to horrific clinical consequences of overwhelming and permanent disability, profound disfigurement, and complete and utter dependency on others and society in general for all aspects of his care.

One of the unfortunate memes of the 2008 Presidential campaign was the notion that Obama's mother, Stanley… Most artists are still what artists have always been: people who make things.

The unfortunate side of Vine, I think, is the default notion (by mostly young kids who make up a large portion or the Vine community) that humor is Vine's purpose.

With the defeat of Japan in 1945, Confucian notions came to be regarded negatively because of their unfortunate appropriation by Inoue and other philosopher-ideologues.

It would be unfortunate if future students are punished to satisfy some ill-formed notion of accountability.

Meanwhile the unfortunate Joy, stricken by a terminal disease, is further demented by the notion that Bethany isn't merely predicting these events, but causing them.