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Königsberg employed an often-used metaphor to describe this unsettledness: Until the 1980s, he said, German Jews “sat on a packed suitcase.”

From New York Times • May 21, 2019

Yet that unsettledness is where the novel gets its timeless power.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2018

Advocates and administrators throughout California say they have observed pronounced signs of unsettledness.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2017

And yet despite this seeming unsettledness — or perhaps because of it — her stories convey a deep-rooted sense of place, inviting the reader into a Paris walk-up or a sheet-shrouded marble hall in Montreal.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2014

We were there enjoying the party when an unsettledness started creeping through the crowd.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson