How to Use unrest in a Sentence

unrest

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  • The country has experienced years of civil unrest.
  • The supreme mufti of Dagestan, Sheikh Akhmad Afandi, called for the unrest at the airport to stop.
    — Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The good start aside, the conditions that have led to fan unrest remain.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 4 Apr. 2024
  • More than a week of protests and civil unrest followed the teenager's death.
    — Selina Guevara, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The British screen industry was not immune from the unrest.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The topic of conversation shifted to the civil unrest around the White House.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Due to ongoing unrest in Yemen, the museum has agreed to store the objects for two years.
    — Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The unrest emerged in the wake of the Southport knife attack that claimed the lives of three young girls, causing far-right leaning groups to call for demonstrations and protests.
    — Helena Skinner, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2024
  • This kind of seismic unrest has happened multiple times over the past 50 years at the Campi Flegrei.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The poisonings have spread further fear among parents as Iran has faced months of unrest.
    — Jon Gambrell, ajc, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Seismic unrest can be a sign that a volcano is waking up, but the full story is much more complex.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Black Friday saw some of the labor unrest that has rippled through the retail industry over the past year.
    — Anne D'innocenzio, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Labor unrest is shaping up to be the Hollywood narrative of the year.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2023
  • All told, close to 3,500 people have been arrested since unrest began a week ago.
    — James Regan, Fortune, 4 July 2023
  • The event brings security concerns and the potential for unrest with protests and counter protests.
    — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
  • Since the revolution, Iran has faced low-level separatist unrest from Kurds in the country's northwest, the Baluch in the east and Arabs in the southwest.
    — Jon Gambrell The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Israeli raids and arrests have intensified across the West Bank since the war began, and Jenin has been a center of unrest.
    — Rachel pannett, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The Iranian government has played a huge role in stoking unrest in the Middle East.
    — Carol E. B. Choksy, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The unrest also comes as five Memphis cops were charged with second-degree murder and other crimes for the death of a Black man named Tyre Nichols.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Facing such civil unrest at home, the Iranian Air Force has kept the F-14 flying.
    — Stephen Witt, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The video also included visuals of the unrest and riots that took place during the height of the pandemic in 2020.
    — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
  • The announcement appeared to calm some of the tensions that have fueled three tumultuous months of unrest.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Future alerts referred to civil unrest and at first told students to shelter in place and later to leave buildings in the area if able.
    — Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024
  • The protests were the biggest show of public unrest China had seen in decades, and were quickly put down by security forces.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Slowly, the mood shifted and by nightfall, the demonstration turned to civil unrest.
    — Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
  • In the run-up to his selection as Harris’s potential VP, Walz hasn’t faced too many questions about his response to the 2020 unrest.
    — Christian Paz, Vox, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Trump did not repeat his call to protest Thursday, but police forces around the country are on guard for potential unrest.
    — Michelle L. Price and Jonathan J. Cooper, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv over the weekend as months of protests culminated in a day of mass unrest.
    — Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • On this fall afternoon, on eve of a presidential election that is too close to call, the Queens native is bracing for civil unrest regardless of the outcome.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Regardless of election results, there will be heavy emotions and potential for civil unrest, which can cause significant concern for marginalized groups.
    — Essence, 4 Nov. 2024

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