How to Use ill at ease in a Sentence

ill at ease

adjective

• He seemed ill at ease when we spoke with him.
• I'm usually ill at ease when addressing a large crowd of people.
• For one thing, all four kids–three of them adults now–feel ill at ease in the world.
  — Daniel D'addario, Time, 8 Feb. 2018
• Who told you you had a right never to be made ill at ease?
  — Leonard Pitts, Alaska Dispatch News, 19 Oct. 2017
• The locker room is one of those places where many people feel ill at ease.
  — Christen A. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 21 May 2018
• For most of his time as a Tour star, Watson has seemed ill at ease, in public, over the ball and in his own skin.
  — Eamon Lynch, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2021
• Heaney would not have been ill at ease in these environs.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 20 June 2020
• Since then, the reporters have been ill at ease, too, and worried about their phones being tapped.
  — New York Times, 13 May 2022
• Over and over, And Just Like That demonstrates how ill at ease its characters are in 2021.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2021
• There’s the one in Lincoln Heights, who does not want to be caged in her apartment and yet feels ill at ease outside of it.
  — Brittny Mejia, www.latimes.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• Beck was ill at ease, her English choppy once the camera began rolling.
  — Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 16 Nov. 2021
• Today there is a rare self-confidence about the U.K. that seems oddly ill at ease with the Brexit panic.
  — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 17 May 2019
• Yet Iñárritu’s grand designs, even at their most morally fervent, leave you ill at ease.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2022
• In the wake of a pandemic and racial and political strife, the broader culture also seems ill at ease.
  — Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2021
• Criss seems ill at ease in the role of the simple-minded junior partner in the scheme, to the degree that the character feels increasingly out of place.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 14 Apr. 2022
• Something that shocks or fuels dissension can put you and others ill at ease.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 5 June 2019
• Memoir often proves the salvation of people who feel ill at ease in their bodies.
  — Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, 26 June 2017
• Steinbeck’s was a soul profoundly ill at ease with itself: The ability to take praise as well as blame in his stride eluded him throughout the years.
  — Vivian Gornick, The New Republic, 9 Oct. 2020
• Compared with the bachelor, Mr. Barthelat, who was wearing a white oxford shirt and gray V-neck sweater, was noticeably ill at ease in front of the camera.
  — Tina Isaac-GoizÉ, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2017
• The Swede and Ivorian looked ill at ease with each other as Brighton’s quick attackers constantly caused problems and got behind them.
  — Sam Pilger, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
• Now, Reagan, in turn, was trying to push human rights violations by the Russians, to sort of put Gorbachev a little bit ill at ease.
  — Fox News, 12 June 2018
• To his moral credit, Levy often seems as ill at ease with luxury as with the prospect of a night walk through the rainforest or getting into a helicopter.
  — Robert Lloydtelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
• Quinones is ill at ease doing the romantic scenes and reading the hokey dialogue, but the street kids around him play themselves naturally.
  — Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader, 10 July 2018
• With their stiff manners and unsuitable clothing, Diego and the rest of the colonialists seem perpetually ill at ease.
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2018
• But then there’s Izzy – uncomplacent, ill at ease, thinking deeply about plenty of things other than herself.
  — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 21 June 2019
• But then there’s Izzy — uncomplacent, ill at ease, thinking deeply about plenty of things other than herself.
  — Washington Post, 17 June 2019
• Certainly Tony Yazbeck’s Grant seems ill at ease, even apologetic, throughout.
  — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2021
• In the Amazing Grace documentary that was recently unearthed, the real-life footage of Aretha looking ill at ease as her father takes over the podium for a speech now makes more sense.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2021
• Still, many people are intimidated at the thought of going to a truly fine dining restaurant in fear that they may be made to feel ill at ease and discomfited.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 10 May 2021
• Carell’s Mitch, groomed to physically resemble Lauer, is enraged, barking at handlers who seem ill at ease in his presence.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2019

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024