How to Use unease in a Sentence

unease

noun

• A feeling of unease came over her.
• They noticed increasing signs of unease among the workers.
• And just the unease of the best people in the bourgeoisie.
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2023
• Your sense of unease might turn out to be more about you than about them.
  — Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2022
• The lack of transparency in the face of a covid surge has prompted unease abroad.
  — Lyric Li, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
• There is a sense of unease in college sports over what may come next.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
• Already, some are feeling a sense of unease due to the shootings.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2023
• But Dan soon picks up on both Jamie’s unease and Will’s needling treatment of him.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2023
• But we’re so conditioned to expect the worst that a sense of unease remains present.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
• This blow to Israel comes at a time of deep internal unease.
  — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
• There's a lot of unease inside the Manhattan DA's office at this time.
  — CBS News, 19 Mar. 2023
• Caleb Martin smiled at the question, but there also was an unease.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2023
• But Mothman is unique in that, to some of its fans, the creature invokes a sense of unease the past is unfair, the world is out of balance.
  — Colin Dickey, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2023
• His later cityscapes in Paris have a similar sense of unease.
  — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2023
• The reporter’s unease did not stem from a sadness at the idea that a mother would dispose of a newborn in such a fashion.
  — Maria Laurino, The New Republic, 29 June 2023
• There’s a whistling synth, almost theremin-like in timbre, that contributes to the feeling of thrilling unease.
  — Hazlitt, 2 Aug. 2023
• All the elements of the house come together add to the undercurrent of unease.
  — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 22 Sep. 2022
• Both the writers’ and actors’ strikes are in full effect, creating an air of unease.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2023
• With little signs of economic or financial unease, the Fed might have more room to run.
  — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2022
• What starts with racial unease devolves into something much more than skin-deep.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 21 Sep. 2022
• Others say the unease over social media is just the next round of moral panic about new technologies.
  — Annie Margaret, The Conversation, 15 Feb. 2024
• Yet seeds of unease have taken root among residents like Ms. Henelund who say their voices have been drowned out.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Jan. 2024
• But amid the pomp and celebration, there was a palpable sense of unease about the country’s future.
  — Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2023
• That sense of unease can be spurred by hateful online comments or simply by going to the grocery store.
  — Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2023
• The outlet for their unease was the school board, the rare place where that system meets electoral accountability.
  — Charles Homans, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
• That was pretty annoying, and just the general sense of unease.
  — Christine Sloan, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2023
• But the roll call vote begins to reveal the depth of unease among U.S. lawmakers over Israel's prosecution of the war against Hamas.
  — CBS News, 16 Jan. 2024
• While there is unease about what China’s economic woes might mean, demand for oil has been strong, and it’s thought that the Saudis would like to see a price (Brent crude) of around $100.
  — The Editors, National Review, 12 Sep. 2023
• There are two signs pointing to unease amongst economists and investors.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
• The subjects showed tremendous unease with the box itself, Diamond says.
  — Zayna Syed, Popular Science, 15 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024