How to Use unsettled in a Sentence

unsettled

adjective
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  • We have some unsettled business to attend to.
  • So, in some sense, the source of the Nile remains unsettled.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Javier Báez — who knocked out a hit on a bounced pitch — didn’t like the unsettled forecast for the team’s next home game.
    — Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Javier Baez — who knocked out a hit on a bounced pitch — didn’t like the unsettled forecast for the team’s next home game.
    — Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Fields looked unsettled and out of sync for most of the afternoon.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
  • This cool and unsettled weather is likely to stick around much of the week.
    — oregonlive, 17 May 2021
  • These books and their words are the substance of an unsettled soul, and have paved its road outward, into the world.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Though the long-range outlook is hard to predict, in the near future, at least, these unsettled times mean changes are on the way.
    — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 21 July 2023
  • And that’s in part, at least, at the feet of a big man rotation that remains unsettled for now.
    — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The Dutch, on the other hand, tend to feel unsettled after just a four second pause.
    — Anne Quito, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Cloudy skies linger to start the workweek as an unsettled pattern sticks around.
    — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Its trade was booming and over the decades the railroad bought up the largely unsettled tracts in Locust Point.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2023
  • More unsettled weather is on tap as a storm system goes north and west of New England across the Great Lakes over the next 24 hours.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The front will bring a period of unsettled weather back to the area late this weekend.
    — Dallas News, 24 June 2021
  • While spending the day with Josef, who claims to be dying, Aaron becomes more and more unsettled.
    — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Later footage showed Khorram return to the stage and speak to the unsettled crowd, now all standing up.
    — Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The unsettled air moved across the area Saturday night as a result of a series of storms throughout the Midwest, the flip side of a cold front to the north.
    — NBC News, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Despite the decades that stand between those events and now, Clive thinks of both episodes as unsettled affairs.
    — Amy X. Wang, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2021
  • But the invasion of Ukraine has shown that in the unsettled state of the world, unexpected things can happen.
    — David McHugh and Matthew Daly, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Storm chances are in the 50% range over the weekend, up to 70% Monday night and Tuesday, and remain unsettled through Friday.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 July 2024
  • There's something that just feels unsettled about that.
    — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 28 June 2024
  • My throat feels itchy and then my stomach ends up feeling very unsettled.
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Our weather pattern becomes more unsettled the rest of the week as rain chances increase.
    — Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2021
  • So what is the best way to move forward in these unsettled and unprecedented times?
    — Mark Samuel, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Right now, there are many unsettled questions about the nature of these outbreaks.
    — Ed Cara / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
  • While these months are still pleasant, there is the risk of unsettled conditions, sandstorms, and rain.
    — Sophie Prideaux, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Never have so many spent so much public money on the basis of claims that are so unsettled.
    — Mark P. Mills, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2021
  • With three centuries of history and tragedy, there are plenty of unsettled souls to learn about.
    — Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Resendez McCaffery and the other Latina women walked out of the hall after the vote, relieved but unsettled.
    — Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024
  • Some aspects of the motherhood penalty debate remain fuzzy and unsettled, including whether moms face a long-term disadvantage in the workplace at all.
    — Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 9 July 2024

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