disquiet
noun
lack of calm, peace, or ease; anxiety; uneasiness.
had been disquieting
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past perfect progressiveof disquiet.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The sea off Manomet was no longer chaotic and menacing, but was stippled with dancing light on a soft, rich blue that was as soothing to the sense as the other had been disquieting.
From Old Plymouth Trails by Winthrop Packard
While the picture lay perdu at Brooks's, there had been disquieting gossip; the Pretorian Club, which is often terribly right in such matters, agreed that he had been badly sold.
From The Collectors by Frank Jewett Mather
Then her talk with the great lawyer had been disquieting.
From Jean of the Lazy A by B. M. Bower
Very likely she had been disquieting herself in vain, making wounds out of pin-pricks and mountains out of mole-hills.
From Across the Stream by Edward Frederic Benson
