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

Her black dress could alone tell us, but her face did not reveal a single sign of inquietude.

From The Jew by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy

Since then there has been a secret inquietude at the heart of all egoisms, a sentence of condemnation on the brow of all abuses and all tyrannies.

From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Sabatier, Auguste

Her presence awoke a constant warfare and inquietude in his wavering soul.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin