Examples of ill at ease in a Sentence
He seemed ill at ease when we spoke with him.
I'm usually ill at ease when addressing a large crowd of people.
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Kennedy gave a rather general and broad-based answer, and perhaps more problematically appeared ill at ease with the question.
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 29 Jan. 2025
The difference is that these are Civil Service employees, many with union protection — to say nothing of a Congress increasingly ill at ease with the blowback over how they're being fired.
—Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 22 Feb. 2025
As Trump prepares for his second inauguration, the intelligence community is again likely to be ill at ease.
—Peter Schroeder, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2025
Why is this beautiful woman so ill at ease on her way to church?
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 29 Jan. 2025
The difference is that these are Civil Service employees, many with union protection — to say nothing of a Congress increasingly ill at ease with the blowback over how they're being fired.
—Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 22 Feb. 2025
As Trump prepares for his second inauguration, the intelligence community is again likely to be ill at ease.
—Peter Schroeder, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2025
Why is this beautiful woman so ill at ease on her way to church?
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ill at ease
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“Ill at ease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ill%20at%20ease. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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