Sentence examples for unsavoury with from inspiring English sources

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That's "unsavoury" with a Godfather twist.

A weekend away at her parents' house descends into something rather unsavoury, with Chris soon noticing the strange behaviour of the black people he encounters; housekeeper Georgina is seemingly sweet but speaks in cold non-sequiturs, groundskeeper Walter is oddly protective of Rose and visitor Logan flies into a rage, nose bleeding, when a camera flash goes off.

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And as the struggle continues, Western powers are faced with a range of unsavoury options with some arguing for the arming of the rebels or even for more explicit military action against the Syrian regime.

To start with, the Bundeszentrale had an unsavoury connection with the Reich Bureau for Homeland Service (Reichszentrale für Heimatdienst), an agency that had been set up in the last phase of the First World War in order to mobilise the German public for the war effort.

IN 2013 Barack Obama made an unsavoury bargain with Bashar Assad, brokered by Russia, the latter's ally.

The children's estranged mother who has an unsavoury relationship with Bella returns too, claiming maternal rights.

He does not write like a swivel-eyed loon rambling about Obamunism (although, inevitably, there's an unsavoury fascination with Jewish influence).

So there's Nigel Farage and he can be an outlet for unsavoury remarks with a racial charge, but batty old Nigel, he's not exactly the real deal is he?

Starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston and Charlie Hunnam, the supernatural horror centres on a young woman (Wasikowska), haunted by visions of her dead mother, who embarks on an unsavoury marriage with the aristocratic owner of the titular crumbling gothic mansion (Hiddleston).

The conservation charity took action to protect its brand from what it described as an "unsavoury" connection with wrestling, and, in 2001 a court in London ruled in its favour.

Labour has turned its back on its traditional values, torn up previously cherished socialist ideals, sidelined the trade union movement, waged an illegal war, tried to impose 42 days' detention without charge, and made unsavoury pacts with big business and George W Bush.

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