uneasily

Example Sentences

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Asked by visiting reporters in front of U.S. officials recently when she would hold elections, Rodríguez smiled uneasily.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Investors have uneasily adjusted to a new normal, where companies that used to be some of the world’s biggest and most reliable free cash-flow generators now don’t have a lot of cash to spare.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

That reasoning sits uneasily with the court’s modern insistence on historical analogy.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

The “House of Ashur” alternate timeline shows Ashur’s formerly enslaved Syrian having won his freedom and the patronage of Marcus Licinius Crassus, one of the triumvirate of generals uneasily sharing power.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

Ranofer began to peer about uneasily, searching the deepening gloom among the boats for possible khefts.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw