disquiet
noun
lack of calm, peace, or ease; anxiety; uneasiness.
have been disquieting
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present perfect progressiveof disquiet.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Any alarm on a dashboard 240,000 miles away would have been disquieting.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2016
That sort of incident would have been disquieting enough in itself but on this occasion it was also a superfluous reminder that the make-up of the United defence was not as Ferguson would have wished.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 15, 2011
On any occasion his conduct would have been disquieting and uncanny, but for hunted men there was something in it especially disturbing.
From Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne by Harold Avery
The look in his eyes might well have been disquieting to anyone left alone with him on an island in the middle of a lake.
From The Man Who Knew Too Much by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
It should have been disquieting, but it was not.
From Old Plymouth Trails by Winthrop Packard
