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disquiet

[dis-kwahy-it] / dɪsˈkwaɪ ɪt /




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But in France ever since the announcement, there has been some disquiet that a work of such fragility and historical importance was to go on loan more than 300 miles away.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

U.S. stocks ended slightly higher after another tug-of-war day for markets as AI fever contended with Mideast disquiet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

But to outside observers and former military officials, they signal “a troubling disquiet within the ranks.”

From Salon ● May 3, 2026

The report had caused disquiet in South Korea, where the system is a pillar of national defense against nuclear-armed North Korea.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

He could only feel the cold, the disturbing disquiet that carved into your gut and heart and lungs.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Cromwell identifies: “I have travelled so far to get here, and nothing they do disturbs me now, nor disquiets me, high on my branch.”

From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2020

The Second Half, which is due in the autumn, is billed as a blend of "memoir and motivational writing in a manner which both disquiets and reassures, in Roy Keane's own original voice".

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2014

I have seen Albine, and she disquiets me.

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Émile Zola

Thus the pretence of cruelty will be taken off, and the party actually suppressed, and the disquiets they have so often brought upon the nation prevented.

From Political Pamphlets by George Saintsbury

"That is our secret, monseigneur; you shall know hereafter, but now let us see him, for his visit disquiets me."

From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Alexandre Dumas père

The vast fortunes created by men such as Ford have long disquieted many intellectuals and journalists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

Herrera has disquieted many of his fellow Republicans for his edgy humor on his YouTube channel and podcast appearances.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024

David also was disquieted by his brother’s familiarity with the places that had been targeted by the Unabomber.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2023

It caused little damage but appeared to be part of a series of covert operations that have disquieted U.S. officials.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2023

White fur and red eyes, Jon realized, disquieted.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

There is a particular brand of confidence required to assure party leaders and voters that one has no more skeletons in one’s closet, as Platner did before several more disquieting allegations emerged.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026

This story of two strangers who take a job on a fishing boat — their lives are irrevocably altered once they return to shore — slowly pulls you inside its disquieting design.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Others see a dilettante who benefited from family money as he moved through his 20s and 30s, all while creating a cache of disquieting social-media posts that have become fodder for his opponents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

The concept came about in 2019, when anonymous users on message board 4chan were asked to "post disquieting images that just feel 'off'."

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

Celia is astonished by the words, by the disquieting ardor of her husband’s last letters.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García


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