Examples of unrest in a Sentence
The country has experienced years of civil unrest.
unrest gripped the city as the people nervously awaited the expected bombardment
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In 1968, amid urban unrest eerily similar to the tensions today, dedicated scholars built institutes such as the Urban Institute and Johns Hopkins’ Center for Metropolitan Planning and Research to bring rigorous evidence to bear on pressing social problems.
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Andrew V. Papachristos, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Political unrest urged by anti-Trump liberals, coupled with attacks on Tesla vehicles and dealerships due to founder Elon Musk’s close association with the president, appears to be pushing some people to buy guns for self-defense.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 2 Apr. 2025
This show places an emphasis on her understudied painting practice, which most recently centers the psychic unrest exacerbated by a diagnosis of bladder cancer in 2020.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Need to escape political unrest, war or personal danger?
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Andrew V. Papachristos, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Political unrest urged by anti-Trump liberals, coupled with attacks on Tesla vehicles and dealerships due to founder Elon Musk’s close association with the president, appears to be pushing some people to buy guns for self-defense.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 2 Apr. 2025
This show places an emphasis on her understudied painting practice, which most recently centers the psychic unrest exacerbated by a diagnosis of bladder cancer in 2020.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Need to escape political unrest, war or personal danger?
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Unrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unrest. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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