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

Now that her child's health was no longer a subject of inquietude, all her surroundings reminded her cruelly of the past.

From Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) by Pont-Jest, Ren? de

Fortunately for him, in this inquietude he came across a treatise by Gilbert, De Magnate, which had been published in London nine years before.

From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.

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)