Verb
we were disquieted by the strange noises we heard outside our tent at night Noun
There is increasing public disquiet about the number of violent crimes in the city.
a period of disquiet before the results of the close election were confirmed
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Verb
Other dream themes emerge, some of them taking the form of inconsistencies, others disquieting vagueness.—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 July 2025 Vessel’s lyrics seem disquieted by the attention, though.—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Noun
Of the clubs still waiting to do some proper business, Silva’s disquiet at Fulham is among the most legitimate — and is the one that could have the biggest consequences, given his contract expires next summer, like Glasner’s at Palace.—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025 The disquiet surfaces whenever software steps onto holy ground.—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
This caused some disquiet when Trump first suggested it in January, but was then accepted without too much open protest.—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 25 June 2025 The stakes in play will inevitably help convince the participating clubs to field their strongest teams this summer but the disquiet from players persists ahead of a summer that would ordinarily have been vacant for high-profile events.—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disquiet
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