How to Use uneasy in a Sentence

uneasy

adjective
  • Rain made the crew uneasy.
  • We spent an uneasy night waiting for news.
  • He has an uneasy relationship with his father.
  • Her uneasy smile was as warm as their hearth.
    — Lauren Ashley Bishop, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
  • But by evening, an uneasy calm had settled across the city.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Chalk the moves up to uneasy investors.
    — Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • And yes, that uneasy feeling can go away with the right plan.
    — Steve Hruby, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025
  • And that makes this provocative but uneasy film leave a sour taste in the mouth.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The Iran war has settled for an uneasy truce.
    — Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Yet at the height of his triumph, Brooks was uneasy.
    — Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
  • And that helped to resolve that weird uneasy tension in my head.
    — Maria Reva september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Bashar is on the left, his body slightly angled away, his face uneasy.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
  • But many still feel uneasy about their jobs and are not engaged in the workplace.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 17 June 2026
  • A lot happens, but little feels earned; the tone is an uneasy blend of zany and sour.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Part of what makes it such an uneasy sit is its sincerity.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 6 Feb. 2026
  • That uneasy mix of guilt and frustration.
    — Ryan Brennan march 12, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Some shook their heads; others exchanged uneasy glances.
    — Spriha Srivastava, CNBC, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Fans don’t want to feel uneasy about Michael Jackson.
    — Jemele Hill, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
  • Brittany also felt uneasy about the place.
    — Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Hall felt uneasy about the call and asked her doctor to fit her in as soon as possible.
    — Emily Brindley health Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But Wolfe Herd herself says the project has left her deeply uneasy.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Well, here was their chance to prove it after an uneasy first half against the Texans.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Stellan Skarsgård, for one, is uneasy with the idea.
    — Josh Rottenberg, Twin Cities, 31 Dec. 2025
  • But that prospect makes some inside the ruling system uneasy.
    — Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Money and medicine make an uneasy pair, so any fast-growing health brand has to watch its language.
    — Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Professional pain in full view is an uneasy watch.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The discursions also make for some uneasy tonal shifts.
    — Pete Tosiello, Pitchfork, 27 Jan. 2026
  • By daybreak, an uneasy calm overtook the city of more than 3 million.
    — Mery Mogollon, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
  • The requests left him feeling uneasy rather than flattered.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Markets are uneasy about a US-Iran deal amid fresh strikes.
    — Lily Nonomiya, Bloomberg, 26 May 2026

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