Verb
we were disquieted by the strange noises we heard outside our tent at night Noun
There is increasing public disquiet about the number of violent crimes in the city.
a period of disquiet before the results of the close election were confirmed
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Verb
One of Biden’s challenges is that some of the Black men who are paying close attention in Macon are deeply disquieted by the influx of migrants at the U.S.’s southern border and the amount of money that his administration has committed to stopping Russia’s war in Ukraine.—Maeve Reston, Washington Post, 30 June 2024 They were rightly disquieted by other trends that have marked the Indian economy in recent years, including high unemployment, wage stagnation, flattening levels of consumption, and widening inequality.—Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2024
Noun
Those were healing gestures at a time of deep disquiet.—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2024 The three Democratic lawmakers who met Jill at the Allentown airport, meanwhile, showed no signs of disquiet.—Jesús Rodríguez, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
Adjective
Maura’s rhythms are even harder to track, as her ghostly presence in Raimunda’s life is brought to life by an ominous oboe theme that evokes suspicion and disquiet.—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024 The first was disquiet among students about a quota system that reserved 56 percent of civil service jobs for particular groups of people, including 30 percent of all civil service jobs for descendants of veterans of the 1971 war of independence against Pakistan.—Ali Riaz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for disquiet
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