disquiet
noun
lack of calm, peace, or ease; anxiety; uneasiness.
was disquieting
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past progressiveof disquiet.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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This was later overturned in an appeal, with the judge noting that the way the men were caught and charged was "disquieting".
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2022
“It was disquieting in the extreme, like being placed inside a body I had no desire to occupy. I was repulsed, to find myself so permeable.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2021
Reading last rites over the American dream was disquieting enough.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 21, 2018
His parents dined late and by candlelight, in an atmosphere that was disquieting to Owen and at odds with thoughts about baseball.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 14, 2014
Even for a man so little given to intuition as he was, the dark mansion was disquieting: it seemed to hold a hidden monster.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
