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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Of course, no guest wants to dine at the home of a host whose off-putting etiquette makes everyone feel ill at ease either.
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Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
Both were a byword, too, for male beauty, fully alive to the almost laughable impact of their handsomeness, yet ill at ease, now and then, with their perches on the pedestal.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
Maurice, who had a troubled childhood marked by illness and emotional neglect, was negative and socially ill at ease.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2025
In her mind, the community in her fictional story should be one of privilege, a circumstance in which Ruth, who grew up in a working-class Yiddish family, could initially feel ill at ease.
—Esther Zuckerman, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
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Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
Both were a byword, too, for male beauty, fully alive to the almost laughable impact of their handsomeness, yet ill at ease, now and then, with their perches on the pedestal.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
Maurice, who had a troubled childhood marked by illness and emotional neglect, was negative and socially ill at ease.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2025
In her mind, the community in her fictional story should be one of privilege, a circumstance in which Ruth, who grew up in a working-class Yiddish family, could initially feel ill at ease.
—Esther Zuckerman, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 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 7 Jan. 2026.
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