unsettledness
Example Sentences
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Königsberg employed an often-used metaphor to describe this unsettledness: Until the 1980s, he said, German Jews “sat on a packed suitcase.”
From New York Times ● May 21, 2019
Yet that unsettledness is where the novel gets its timeless power.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2018
Advocates and administrators throughout California say they have observed pronounced signs of unsettledness.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2017
And yet despite this seeming unsettledness — or perhaps because of it — her stories convey a deep-rooted sense of place, inviting the reader into a Paris walk-up or a sheet-shrouded marble hall in Montreal.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2014
“Then it’s settled,” Manolo said, but he must have felt the unsettledness in their silence, for he went on.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
