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
He waited for his turn to throw again in a fever of inquietude.
From First Person Paramount by Pratt, Ambrose
This inquietude is soothed by a clear knowledge of the cause from which it springs.
From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Sabatier, Auguste
He stood awhile motionless, then I saw him move away, and walk quickly up and down the shore, as if the beauty of the night filled him with irrepressible inquietude.
From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
Vocabulary lists containing inquietude
An American Plague
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George Washington's First Inaugural Address
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Candide
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