inquiet
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of inquiet
1375–1425; late Middle English inquieten < Latin inquiētāre. See in- 3, quiet
Example Sentences
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The vague inquiet began to deepen into serious misgiving.
From Despair's Last Journey by David Christie Murray
In future it must become a stranger, at least in looks and conversation, to her whom he loved with an inquiet fervour.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various
I do not inquiet myself for him, not more than he does for me.
From The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
But one could see that her inquiet hands, which were folded on her lap, had been worn by many a washing-day.
From A Poor Man's House by Stephen Sydney Reynolds
Where the powers of the mind are vigorous but unoccupied; where there exist a restless craving, an inquiet mobility, yet without any definite purpose or commensurate object, there is ennui.
From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Robert Walsh
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