How to Use unease in a Sentence

unease

noun
  • A feeling of unease came over her.
  • They noticed increasing signs of unease among the workers.
  • Your sense of unease might turn out to be more about you than about them.
    — Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The cost has inspired both awe and deep unease.
    — Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025
  • There is a sense of unease in college sports over what may come next.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Yet amid the gains, there’s a growing unease.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Some of my unease doubtless comes from my own age, not the city’s.
    — Francis X. Maier, National Review, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Mann’s unease might have had deeper roots.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The unease of crossing hasn’t gone away.
    — Johane Saintil, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
  • But the sense of unease remains.
    — Nik Popli, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Like that unease in your gut that everything has gone to hell?
    — Steven Levy, Wired, 21 Jan. 2021
  • The third reason was union unease with Shapiro over school choice.
    — Jeremy Lott, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Looking at them fills her with a wordless unease.
    — Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
  • The 20somethings have never been afraid to share their unease.
    — Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Even as the morning sun casts a golden hue over the canopy, a sense of unease lingers.
    — Taiwo Adebayo, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Yet my unease must be a tiny fraction of that of men from either side on the ground that night.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025
  • By episode 4, that unease deepens.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
  • But a sense of unease overshadows it.
    — Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The wispy layers and pop of fiery orange hint at danger and unease.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
  • As a teen-ager, Andrew was dogged by a feeling of unease.
    — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • Sitting with the images can bring on a creeping sense of unease.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The lack of transparency in the face of a covid surge has prompted unease abroad.
    — Lyric Li, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
  • This is more like the unease that comes with a hurricane forecast.
    — Bill Speros, Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2024
  • British actor Jameela Jamil was among those who voiced unease.
    — Angela Yang, NBC news, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Already, some are feeling a sense of unease due to the shootings.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The story was brimming with unease and angst, and those emotions had no place here.
    — Kerri Westenberg, Star Tribune, 18 June 2021
  • And despite the Keisha’s unease, Justin doesn’t give up on her.
    — Liza Esquibias, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
  • As the clock ticks, unease and fear have grown into simmering anger.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Few songs in the past year have better captured the unease and alienation of this past year.
    — Mark Kennedy, chicagotribune.com, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Lately, though, unease seems to be rising.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025

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