: mental or spiritual discomfort: such as
a
: vague dissatisfaction : misgiving
c
: lack of ease (as in social relations) : embarrassment
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Examples of unease in a Sentence
A feeling of unease came over her.
They noticed increasing signs of unease among the workers.
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The only sense of unease were police officers with security wands at the entrance, a sign of the growing animosity against Jews during Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza, which so far has killed more than 32,000 Palestinians.
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Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Even after water was restored, Stratford residents were left with a permanent sense of unease, said Robert Isquierdo Jr., founder of the nonprofit Reestablishing Stratford.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
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Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Even after water was restored, Stratford residents were left with a permanent sense of unease, said Robert Isquierdo Jr., founder of the nonprofit Reestablishing Stratford.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
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“Unease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unease. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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