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
"Yet one word!" exclaimed the drost, with much inquietude.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
This prognostic filled him with the deepest inquietude, and all the reasonings of his daughter were insufficient to appease him.
From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden
Emily was anxious; the father said, with a shade of inquietude: "You've overdone it—it is very foolish."
From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
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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