ill (at ease)
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Kelly looked a little ill at ease to be out from behind the desk where she records her daily political commentary program, The Megyn Kelly Show.
From Slate ● May 6, 2026
But what if I am ill at ease with leisure?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
We both had high hopes for our lives in Basel but felt ill at ease once we arrived.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
Silvia looks ill at ease around her extended family, or is it just anyone who’s not her daughter?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
But they were plainly so ill at ease in their new surroundings that Holly was already contending against his own belief that there was little to be hoped for from them.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Kelly looked a little ill at ease to be out from behind the desk where she records her daily political commentary program, The Megyn Kelly Show.
From Slate ● May 6, 2026
But what if I am ill at ease with leisure?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
When a beloved artist who has not performed live in some time returns to the stage, we often expect them to appear fragile, unsteady, ill at ease.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
Despite that obvious advantage, it was DeSantis who seemed ill at ease most of the night, looking like a man suffering a hernia as he prepared to face a root canal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
But this night he felt ill at ease, a choirboy among cardinals.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
