unquiet
adjective
un·qui·et
ˌən-ˈkwī-ət 
2
: physically, emotionally, or mentally restless : uneasy
an unquiet sleep
an unquiet mind
unquietly
adverb
unquietness
noun
Examples of unquiet in a Sentence
We live in unquiet times.
plagued with an unquiet mind the whole time her son was stationed overseas
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The finale had the impossible task of putting the monstrous show to an unquiet grave, and while some storylines seemed rushed and others completely ignored, even everyone’s least favorite season of GOT is heart palpitating.
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Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025
The decision is an outright and unbridled expression of my unquiet mind.
—Outside Online, 10 July 2024
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—Stephen Brumwell, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2023
Instead of providing an answer, Gleeson takes us into the unquiet mind of a man whose profound unhappiness is its own kind of life force.
—The New York Times Magazine, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022
Something is certainly making Sutter’s unquiet spirit walk.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2022
Around him unfolds the dull and hopeless work of a cubicle maze that forces otherwise potentially lovable people to live lives of unquiet desperation.
—Nathan Deuel, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022
Charles Stewart Parnell, who championed the cause of Irish Home Rule, is the unquiet ghost who haunts the book.
—Fintan O’Toole, The Atlantic, 16 June 2022
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Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025
The decision is an outright and unbridled expression of my unquiet mind.
—Outside Online, 10 July 2024
The calamity at Waco, the shipwrecks of the Spanish Armada, unquiet literary unions, a new thriller from Sweden and more.
—Stephen Brumwell, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2023
Instead of providing an answer, Gleeson takes us into the unquiet mind of a man whose profound unhappiness is its own kind of life force.
—The New York Times Magazine, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022
Something is certainly making Sutter’s unquiet spirit walk.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2022
Around him unfolds the dull and hopeless work of a cubicle maze that forces otherwise potentially lovable people to live lives of unquiet desperation.
—Nathan Deuel, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022
Charles Stewart Parnell, who championed the cause of Irish Home Rule, is the unquiet ghost who haunts the book.
—Fintan O’Toole, The Atlantic, 16 June 2022
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“Unquiet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unquiet. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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