inquietude

Example Sentences

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“I’ve always had that inner inquietude, that kind of yearning for equality and for justice and for eliminating any kind of prejudices and racism and colorism, which is very prevalent in Mexico,” she explained.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

If you’re prone to inquietude, on the other hand, I have good news: A majority of the court appeared apprehensive about rolling back marriage equality.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2017

Her black dress could alone tell us, but her face did not reveal a single sign of inquietude.

From The Jew by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy

Doubt and inquietude, however, soon seized him, for nowhere could he find her.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

The political situation of Rome, and the internal inquietude which now succeeded its foreign wars, were the great promoters of eloquence.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John