inquietude

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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

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

I loved a cavalier, who was noble, young, and handsome; this gentleman is since gone for Flanders; now whether he has preserved his passion inviolate, or not, is that which causes my inquietude.

From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John

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