Examples of disquiet in a Sentence
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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Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
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
Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
But this apparent calm masks major sources of disquiet.
—Paul Staniland, Foreign Affairs, 4 Jan. 2019
Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
But there is disquiet, too, among fans of the president halfway across the country in Kansas.
—Shimon Prokupecz, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Many here see her as the embodiment of an America undergoing a cultural shift that threatens the heritage and political sensibilities of an old frontier town disquieted by changing times and suspicious of alternative lifestyles.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
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
Noun
Some characters, like Tina, make other characters sense something unusual and simultaneously doubt their interpretations—such characters often bring an interesting air of disquiet to a story.
—Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
But this apparent calm masks major sources of disquiet.
—Paul Staniland, Foreign Affairs, 4 Jan. 2019
Adjective
But behind the show’s famous red sofa, and the welcoming faces of presenters like Sally Nugent and Jon Kay, there has been disquiet about his leadership.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
But there is disquiet, too, among fans of the president halfway across the country in Kansas.
—Shimon Prokupecz, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Disquiet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disquiet. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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disquiet
2 of 2 noun
: an uneasy feeling
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