How to Use disquiet in a Sentence

disquiet

1 of 3 verb
  • There are some tells in Allen’s account that are disquieting.
    — Peter Biskind, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Henceforth, the movie shifts from the disquieting to the freaky and, by the end, the absolutely nuts.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 7 June 2018
  • The subjects say rending but also disquieting things about killing.
    — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
  • This is NDiaye at her disquieting best.
    — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The dreams are full of disquieting imagery — the fluttering of moths, a timeworn theater, a frozen corpse.
    — Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 May 2018
  • And one phrase used by Khan may have been particularly disquieting to them.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2020
  • In fact, the energy is disquieting and distracting to you.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
  • And if that weren’t disquieting enough, the circumstances of these defeats are hitting a rage trigger for their most outspoken fans.
    — Andrew Baggarly, The Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2017
  • As a consequence, the president has given fresh impetus to a story that has disquieted even parts of his base.
    — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
  • To the contrary, all of the plausible explanations should disquiet even the fiercest partisans.
    — Brian Beutler, New Republic, 12 May 2017
  • Kalder’s point is the disquieting one that the worst tyrants of the past century were hardly the brutal less-than-literates of our imagination.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2019
  • My brushes with being famous in Til Tuesday were disquieting.
    — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Everything is as if carved out of wood, generic, childlike and artificial—disquieting if not futile.
    — Lance Esplund, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2019
  • Given all that is going on, Cook’s quiet about developers was disquieting.
    — Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Graduation’s color palate is a wash of irritating grays and disquieting blues; the weather is lousy, and the jungle gyms are crowded with kids who won’t wait their turn.
    — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 6 Apr. 2017
  • The unserious manner in which most members of our political class have treated this question is disquieting.
    — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 22 June 2018
  • Scruggs’s look at the way subservience is enforced—partly by the oppressed themselves, brainwashed into acceptance—is disquieting, to say the least.
    — The New Yorker, 22 May 2017
  • The images are charged with disquieting atmospheres of espionage and hints of the extraordinary.
    — Julia Couzens and Special To The Bee, sacbee, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Others are disquieting bit players given promine through tight closeups in the film's boxy aspect ratio, who say nary a word, their marked and haggard faces saying more than any dialogue ever could.
    — Boyd Van Hoeij, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Still, there's something disquieting, but also very freeing, about seeing young women simply stop being polite, and instead give into their worst impulses.
    — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • The cuts were particularly disquieting for leaders faced with reducing services and cutting staff right before the holidays.
    — Rachel Dissell, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Public health officials and Democrats responded skeptically, citing false hopes and disquiet over pitting the health of the economy against the health of the people.
    — Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner, 24 Mar. 2020
  • The fact that the president, who has enormous power to make life better or worse for immigrant communities, has dehumanizing views is disquieting enough.
    — Brian Resnick, Vox, 14 Aug. 2018
  • Her images of ice blocks, lush fabrics, cherries, sea animals, and charred hearts are disquieting in the best way and well worth trekking to Santa Monica to witness in person.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Some tales, however, seem to contain no overtly supernatural content, just a lingering, disquieting sense of oddness.
    — Michael Berry, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 June 2018
  • Hereditary flips that by frequently showing characters going about their day only to be interrupted by the sight of something just off-screen that ranges from disquieting to horrifying.
    — Peter Opaskar, Ars Technica, 9 June 2018
  • West Virginia hung on to win, 86-80, a moral victory for the Bison, and a somewhat disquieting one for the Mountaineers.
    — Ben Shpigel, Zach Schonbrun and Pat Borzi, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2017
  • Initial expectations are rather modest, and there are still aspects of VR, such as the isolation from the world around you, that are disquieting and which don't yet have any truly great solutions.
    — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2017
  • An increasing number of aid professionals and host-country citizens are disquieted by the ongoing expectation of foreign aid.
    — Armin Sethna, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The first day of the unprecedented shelter-in-place order for six Bay Area counties went smoothly, as few people ventured outside and commercial districts had an air of disquieting calm.
    — Lizzie Johnson, SFChronicle.com, 17 Mar. 2020

disquiet

2 of 3 noun
  • There is increasing public disquiet about the number of violent crimes in the city.
  • Curbs on free speech only add to the disquiet.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 1 Apr. 2026
  • An eleventh-hour dust-up about the future of coal only added to the disquiet.
    — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The team’s training camp shows few signs of dissent or disquiet.
    — Rick Maese, The Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2019
  • That disquiet is all merely a footnote now, though.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • Yeah Yeahs were born in this time of turbulence and disquiet in the world.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Fears that the war could flare again are fueling a sense of disquiet in the country.
    — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
  • So far, at 8 years old, my son hasn't shown any signs of disquiet or fluster around the topic of his race.
    — Nicole Blades, Good Housekeeping, 3 Aug. 2017
  • There has been some disquiet this week about Elizabeth's health.
    — Fox News, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Finally learning why it’d been kept from me has reignited some of that disquiet.
    — Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Perri’s goal was to convey the sense of terror and disquiet that the film imparts through its title art.
    — Eliza Brooke, Vox, 12 Nov. 2018
  • But even at this stage, there was disquiet about Covax’s design.
    — Olivia Goldhill, Quartz, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Their father had always been so steady and predictable and was never prone to this sort of profound disquiet.
    — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023
  • There’s understandably a lot of disquiet, as he is now viewed as a total pariah.
    — Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • This is a woman who has inspired revolt and disquiet in the Gileadean state.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 19 May 2021
  • And the rest of us feeling a mounting, disturbing sense of unease and disquiet.
    — Andrew Malcolm, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2018
  • That evening in her hotel room, Vinuesa thought about the day with growing disquiet.
    — Oscar Schwartz, Wired, 9 Dec. 2021
  • That hints at the wider disquiet percolating in France.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Even the occasional Drake smash is not enough to disturb the disquiet.
    — Niela Orr, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The reaction from Catholics around the world varied from disquiet to outrage.
    — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Boundaries drawn by the United States nurture some of the disquiet.
    — New York Times, 2 Oct. 2021
  • And counterparts elsewhere have made Kirill aware of their disquiet, too.
    — Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2014
  • From within her living room, Du Mingjun was on the receiving end of this disquiet.
    — Betsy Joles, 1843, 16 Mar. 2020
  • But the idea that a sizable piece of humanity’s trash is going to litter the moon has fostered disquiet around the globe.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2022
  • But Bergman's dominance this year also reflects a disquiet and malaise in our culture.
    — Jeva Lange, The Week, 22 Sep. 2021
  • There isn’t a disquiet sharper than the dread of consequence; there are few finalities more final than life or not life.
    — Emily Cooke, The New Republic, 6 May 2022
  • The Battle Royale lingered, as did a general sense of disquiet.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • American lawmakers echoed that disquiet at the hearing and cast the protest movement at the vanguard of an epochal battle.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019
  • By the end of the weekend, one of the guns would be used in a startling daylight killing that for many became a turning point in a season of mounting disquiet.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 24 Mar. 2018
  • While the job market remains strong, the prevailing mood in New York City is one of disquiet.
    — Frederick Peters, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022

disquiet

3 of 3 adjective
  • That could make all this talk of disquiet a thing of the past.
    — Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
  • There was a general note of disquiet throughout the dressing room.
    — George Caulkin, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The unrest and demands for Charles to stay away are certain to cause disquiet in London.
    — Thomas Adamson, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2023
  • But there is disquiet, too, among fans of the president halfway across the country in Kansas.
    — Shimon Prokupecz, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Right-wing parties across the West are exploiting public disquiet over green policies.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 31 July 2023
  • Meanwhile, Vance’s nomination has caused disquiet on the streets of Kyiv.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 18 July 2024
  • Cooper will want to keep an eye on industry disquiet about Channel 4’s plans to launch an in-house productions unit.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
  • There may be cultural issues or behavioural problems driving disquiet.
    — David Prosser, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Within the Israel Defense Forces, morale was already falling amid disquiet about the move against the court.
    — Patrick Kingsley, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Maura’s rhythms are even harder to track, as her ghostly presence in Raimunda’s life is brought to life by an ominous oboe theme that evokes suspicion and disquiet.
    — Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The Pew survey also found disquiet about DEI measures edging up.
    — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Investors have long shared that disquiet about the long-term trajectory of the US government’s finances.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 2 July 2024
  • That tension between adverb and adjective conveys a subtlety and disquiet reflected in the images.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
  • For their part, Russian leaders observed, with both disquiet and envy, the brutally effective means by which the British maintained their empire.
    — Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Many people have watched with delight and disquiet as generative AI has reached new levels of sophistication.
    — Megan Graham, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2023
  • One such special radar system was set up in Copenhagen to help secure the summits, after the drone incursions that have caused disruption and disquiet across the continent in recent weeks.
    — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Despairing audiences took to social media to voice disquiet about a show that had already attracted a decent fan base and performed well in the Netflix top 10s.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The disquiet persists among Democrats who fear that Biden's candidacy could spell electoral disaster in November.
    — Nik Popli, TIME, 11 July 2024
  • Additionally, her former schoolmate, who is now an activist nun, brings disquiet to the community when she is stranded there while returning the remains of a former nun, a murder victim.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025
  • While adding a further burden to businesses by raising the costs of new and variable-rate loans, public disquiet over the soaring costs of staple goods like butter and potatoes could pose a problem for Putin as the war stretches on.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The stakes in play will inevitably help convince the participating clubs to field their strongest teams this summer but the disquiet from players persists ahead of a summer that would ordinarily have been vacant for high-profile events.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
  • But behind the show’s famous red sofa, and the welcoming faces of presenters like Sally Nugent and Jon Kay, there has been disquiet about his leadership.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Creative activations, particularly ones that shock or disquiet, can make the problem of textile waste visible in a city where overconsumption is often glamorized.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Their purpose was not just, as some imagine, secret denunciation but also open protest; the authorities would witness the disquiet, register the grievance, and then, possibly, do something about it.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 16 June 2024
  • Some protesters opposing the change are heavily influenced by elaborate right-wing conspiracy theories, and such is the level of disquiet, cameras installed to enforce the scheme have been vandalized or stolen.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Etna is ringed with measuring stations that use mechanized sensors to predict volcanic activity, yet the goats outperformed these by sensing Etna’s disquiet far earlier than the tech gizmos.
    — WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Corporate disquiet Tariff anxieties are also ricocheting through boardrooms as executives draw up a fresh batch of earnings reports to start releasing around mid-April.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Capturing that transitional moment when seemingly permanent adolescent ties suddenly appear uncertain, this is a melancholy drama laced with notes of anger and disquiet, but also resilience.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2024
  • The report comes in the wake of increasing disquiet about the corporation’s coverage of the Middle East conflict, in particular its refusal to call Hamas a terrorist group.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
  • But ever since the ascension of King Vajiralongkorn in 2016, there’s been growing disquiet over the extent of this privileged position.
    — Jintamas Saksornchai, ajc, 28 June 2023

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