disquiet

The University of Cambridge initially robustly defended Jason Arday then announced an investigation into his appointment and tenure amid growing disquiet.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

U.S. stock futures point to small losses while markets in Europe and Asia were largely in positive territory amid AI fever versus 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

She said nothing of her plan at home, but fell to work next day, much to the disquiet of her mother, who always looked a little anxious when ‘genius took to burning’.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

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

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

The slightest change disturbs and disquiets him; he would like to see stillness reigning everywhere.

From Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts by Jules Steeg

This vast thickly-wooded plain, like some mysterious labyrinth, oppresses and disquiets me with its very richness.

From Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by John Henry Newman

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

Vessel’s lyrics seem disquieted by the attention, though.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2025

How strange that the Under the Radar festival chose otherwise for the finish to a triptych structured like the industry’s shutdown and return: lonely isolation, cautious distance, disquieted reunion.

From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2023

The Pentagon has laid out plans for developing resilient defenses over the next five years — a timeline that has disquieted the lawmakers tasked with funding and overseeing such research and development.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 2022

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

He had a disquieting new habit of boring into my eyes with his look as if actually bent on piercing my head, the better to analyze what went on inside it.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath