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
The Frenchman turned just one look in her direction, a look in which despair, inquietude, inquiry and anger were curiously blended and then rose and strode the length of the room away.
From The Maker of Opportunities by George Gibbs
This gave me no small inquietude of mind, as I was unable to derive satisfaction from sentiments which I could not defend.
From Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou by Maturin Murray Ballou
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 Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
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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