inquietude
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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 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
His inquietude under these restraints upon his natural inclinations was exhibited on more than one occasion.
From Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States by Van Buren, Martin
Let him who smiles at my inquietude, Who never trembled at a fear like mine, Know that in their decrepitude's despite These seven old hideous monsters had the mien Of beings immortal.
From The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker by Baudelaire, Charles
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