Sentence examples for unfortunate trait from inspiring English sources

It is an unfortunate trait in the English expatriate that he or she thinks that, once settled, they own the country.

The visitors started strongly after the break and Norwich continued their unfortunate trait of failing to keep a clean sheet this season.

She has no idea how frequently I dismissed her husband's serial adultery as an unfortunate trait of an otherwise brilliant man.

One of our more unfortunate traits is pure bloody-mindedness without thinking of the consequences.

"Greed and jealousy and sloth are all unfortunate traits of human nature," he said.

Conventional Chinese leadership is characterized by two unfortunate traits.

Still, Eisenhower noted Patton continued "to exhibit some of those unfortunate traits of which you and I have always known".

One of the unfortunate traits of American conservatives is that they too often imagine themselves more clever than others by virtue of their inheritance or success in the marketplace or their acceptance into Have cliques as pundits.

Wasn't he? His uncanny knack for not recognizing body language was just an unfortunate personality trait.

They'll always disappoint you," then said mom tells you a story of how she idolized [insert prestigious person's name here] before she met said person and found out he/she was actually quite [insert unfortunate personality trait here].

All this niceness is one of the unfortunate recognizable traits in Showalter's direction, which in "The Big Sick" is as wan and flaccid as it was in "The Baxter" and "Hello, My Name Is Doris," two movies that also include strong premises and performances but are, in Showalter's hands, rendered unduly mild.