Sentence examples for unsavoury about from inspiring English sources

It dawned on me that there was something unsavoury about having been so cut off from nature that I was surprised by the golden hue in the slant of light at four in the afternoon – on a weekday, no less.

Now all we need is for them to somehow have an influence on government… Neil Denby Denby Dale, West Yorkshire  Britain needs productive industries which can compete effectively in global markets; but there is something pathetic as well as unsavoury about the latest sally from Britain's business lobby (CBI wants third of public spending thrown open, 24 September).

There was "nothing unsavoury" about it, he said.

It will also, if ITV2 simply "supersize" Dapper's Vines as promised, offer plenty of unsavoury gags about women, gay men, sex and, of course, your mum.

Mr Svensson was held for nine days without charge, and had all kinds of unsavoury details about his background revealed (including alleged far-right and football hooligan connections).

As well as the baby sale rumours, there have been other unsavoury claims about a cat-eating newcomer who dumped carrier bags full of feline body parts.

For here was the unsavoury truth about our pursuit of beauty – that for as long as people have had eyes, the visual is what we talk about when we talk about beauty.

"There was a lot of unsavoury talk about him being targeted before our World Cup game with France last October, but that's adding fuel to the fire as far as he's concerned.

"He was a very unhappy man and drank himself to death," explains the former Tory cabinet minister and friend, who remembers being equally dismissive of unsavoury rumours about Smith.

Keogh said the NHS faced "really, really tough times" in the next year because of its financial settlement, compounded by the uncertainties created by Britain's vote to leave the EU, which he said would lead to lower-quality services, longer waiting lists and the need for "unsavoury questions about which services we can afford and which services we cannot".

"The whole system of sticker price tuition fees sets up unsavoury ideas about education as a financial transaction rather than a collaborative learning process that has value to students and society that extends way beyond the financial value of a degree certificate," she said.