Example sentences for: unpopular

How can you use “unpopular” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • As a boy growing up in the hills of West Virginia, Nash enjoyed torturing animals and building homemade bombs with two other unpopular youngsters, one of whom was accidentally killed by a blast.

  • Nixon would visit Capitol Hill, or criticize George Bush's Russia policy in a strategically leaked memo, or meet with President Clinton; each time he was pronounced rehabilitated, even as polls showed that he remained unpopular.

  • The findings are no surprise: Americans are moderate and centrist "from virtually every angle" ( LAT ). The poll largely replicates the results of Wednesday's NYT /CBS News poll (see Wednesday's "TP"): The Congressional GOP is extraordinarily unpopular, despite George W. Bush's popularity; Gore will be hard pressed to beat Bush, despite Clinton's high approval rating; people are happier with their finances and more tolerant of government intervention than five years ago.

  • This might have made Copernicus unpopular, if he hadn't had the good sense to die the day his book went to press.

  • While students would not be deterred from trying to bring down another unpopular leader even by threats of military force, "there is no longer the strong national consensus that existed in the days immediately prior to Mr Suharto's downfall."


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