How to Use unhealthy in a Sentence

unhealthy

adjective
  • Her skin looks blotchy and unhealthy.
  • Tests revealed an unhealthy level of lead in the water.
  • He was stuck in an unhealthy relationship.
  • Eating honey can be unhealthy for babies.
  • She has an unhealthy interest in natural disasters.
  • That’s unhealthy and, in the grand scheme of things, beside the point of living.
    — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022
  • This way of thinking is unhealthy for the soul of our nation.
    — John Hatzis, National Review, 13 Sep. 2024
  • And these are healthy people because the unhealthy ones have died.
    — Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Most men search for a product that works well to keep their hair clean and not look a mess or unhealthy.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • But you can be talented and not live a good life and be unhealthy.
    — Krystal Rodriguez, Billboard, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The return has not been without plenty of the rough and an unhealthy dose of tumble.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Sure, that was unhealthy all around, but it was framed like Jimmy was the one who wasn’t ready, not Gaby.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
  • For example, most people are aware of the unhealthy habits that are bad for them.
    — Bertrand Fontaine, Forbes, 4 June 2021
  • One looks very unhealthy with lots of brown leaves from the bottom up, although the tips on some branches are green.
    — oregonlive, 18 July 2021
  • The state warned unhealthy air will persist at least through Thursday.
    — oregonlive, 13 Aug. 2021
  • But there’s something just a little … unhealthy about that, isn’t there?
    — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • My sleepless nights and unhealthy eating habits and weight gain.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Snack on foods that take more effort to eat (like shelled nuts, edamame, or fruit with a peel) to keep your mind off of eating unhealthy foods.
    — Kristine Thomason, Health, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Sometimes retirement can slow your body and mind down in a way that is unhealthy.
    — Dr. June Hall, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The goal of this research was to identify how quickly an unhealthy diet can cause changes in the brain compared to the rest of the body.
    — Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The good of a job can outweigh the bad and keep victims in unhealthy environments.
    — Fortune, 9 Feb. 2022
  • To step away from [unhealthy food] because the world is seeking to move in that direction.
    — Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The holiday season brings a lot of joy, stress and for some, an unhealthy temptation to drink – a lot.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2022
  • There’s not much business to be done on a dead planet with unhealthy people.
    — Andrew Winston, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Even Meta, the platform’s parent company, knows the app can be unhealthy for its users.
    — WIRED, 21 Jan. 2023
  • So, there are the 10 signs of healthy behaviors and 10 signs of unhealthy behaviors.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
  • My kids now had a dad who wasn't too exhausted to play, too stressed to focus, or too unhealthy to keep up with them.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
  • That’s proof that your roster — healthy or unhealthy — can’t measure up.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
  • If being unhealthy has been the theme of the Yankees’ spring training, staying healthy will have to be the focus of the regular season.
    — Brendan Kuty, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
  • From the start, many critics worried that school summer vacations would lead students to forget their lessons and waste time in unhealthy idleness.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 23 Mar. 2025

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