How to Use uneasy in a Sentence
uneasy
adjective- Rain made the crew uneasy.
- We spent an uneasy night waiting for news.
- He has an uneasy relationship with his father.
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The question is uneasy, but so is the fact of the book.
— Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2024 -
And that makes this provocative but uneasy film leave a sour taste in the mouth.
— David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2023 -
And also the song itself is speaking about the city, and the feeling of the city being uneasy.
— Bill Beuttler, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023 -
Well, here was their chance to prove it after an uneasy first half against the Texans.
— Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2024 -
The turn in weather made the Catholics who had gathered at Adelson’s house uneasy.
— Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024 -
The sound of war interrupts the uneasy moments of silence; the crackle of gunfire, the crump of tank fire.
— Ian Pannell, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2023 -
The belt-tightening left the NPR newsroom uneasy about what could come next.
— Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023 -
Farmer and Richardson had long felt uneasy about what AseraCare asked them to do.
— Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 28 Nov. 2022 -
Park and her mother were about to leave the house, when Park suddenly felt uneasy.
— Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 14 Sep. 2023 -
But the Eros is sick, man is uneasy, something is bothering him.
— Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2023 -
Enough time has passed for many of those who were uneasy about what happened that summer to reflect on those events, and their role in them.
— Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2022 -
The sense of isolation its title evokes refers to the eerie tales in its pages as well as to Black people’s uneasy history with the genre.
— Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2024 -
This year, the Year of the Dragon, is supposed to be the most uneasy, uncertain, or dramatic year, which might be true.
— Jonathan Landreth, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024 -
But that prospect makes some inside the ruling system uneasy.
— Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2022 -
Whether that uneasy truce holds is unknown, but this much is certain, Putin’s iron grip on Russia is now in doubt.
— ABC News, 25 June 2023 -
First baseman Triston Casas, who was not in the lineup, relayed that the injury left him very uneasy.
— Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023 -
Federal Judge Maryellen Noreika seemed uneasy about the terms the parties had agreed to.
— Philip Elliott, Time, 26 July 2023 -
The ramp's natural flex could also make some users uneasy.
— Lindsay Modglin, Verywell Health, 25 Apr. 2023 -
Some Qataris are uneasy with the deluge to come, including the potential for drunken crowds and the pace and direction of change the event has brought to the country.
— Vivian Nereim, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2022 -
For people who met the suspect in passing, knowing now that he has been accused in the Idaho killings has left them uneasy.
— Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2023 -
Some figures do so leaning on their back heel, uneasy at the transgression.
— Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022 -
Even in the locker room, where Reich was respected and well liked, players seemed uneasy with so many changes.
— Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2022 -
But, as endearing as Fraser was, the lovefest left me uneasy.
— Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2022 -
While sellers of the pigment did little to hide the fact that it was made from exhumed bodies, some artists were uneasy with their paint's origins.
— Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023 -
Waiting and calling and waiting more, Llewellyn grew uneasy.
— Mark Thiessen, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023 -
When Janine accepts a fellowship with the district, her optimism makes for an uneasy fit in the halls of power—and with the rest of the Abbott teachers.
— Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024 -
The partnership between Nazi Germany and Italy was often uneasy.
— Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2024
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