unquietly
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a word derived from
unquiet.
unquietadjectiveagitated; restless; disordered; turbulent.
Example Sentences
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He wasn’t one of those bullies striving for importance through his child, sitting unquietly in a courtside box with his mouth tight with tension, killing a young spirit with dissatisfied glances.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2015
Peiji, who made his way to Taiwan with the retreating KMT, lives very unquietly in neon-struck Taipei.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Frodo slept unquietly, turning and tossing, and sometimes murmuring.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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His heart was beating unquietly, for he understood well how desperate the undertaking was.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
It is a rainy Sunday afternoon, and he roams about the house unquietly.
From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda Minnie Douglas