How do you use Disquiet in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like trouble or disturb, plus the exact meaning.
Disquiet meaning
Lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind
Synonyms of Disquiet
Using Disquiet
- The main meaning on this page is: Lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind
- Useful related words include: trouble, disturb, disorder, distract.
- In the example corpus, disquiet often appears in combinations such as: of disquiet, some disquiet, disquiet that.
Context around Disquiet
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Disquiet
- In this selection, "disquiet" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, primeval, growing, encouraging, surrounding and mounted stand out and add context to how "disquiet" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a primeval disquiet some anciently and address the disquiet that produced. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "disquiet" sits close to words such as abduct, acetylcholine and adeosun, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with disquiet
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It does, however, add to a sense of disquiet. (9 words)
This revelation has produced some level of disquiet among some residents. (11 words)
In Nagaland and Mizoram, people and politicians have expressed their disquiet. (11 words)
He’d felt a primeval disquiet, some anciently imprinted caution that he had to breach, and then a protean jolt when the thing moved, when he saw the black globular eye of the exposed kit, itself some hole, the entrance to some compact endless tunnel. (45 words)
Disquiet mounted as the centre-right administration, which was elected on a tough law and order platform in July, declared that the country again at the forefront of the migration crisis had “reached its limits”. (35 words)
Disquiet surrounding police accountability has also continued to simmer in the wake of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a Minneapolis policeman in 2020 and similar tragedies in Memphis and Louisville. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Disquiet over military rather than social spending is rising in Europe as the war in Ukraine grinds on.
Disquiet surrounding police accountability has also continued to simmer in the wake of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a Minneapolis policeman in 2020 and similar tragedies in Memphis and Louisville.
It is these stories’ cathartic nature, their ability to shock and disquiet, that makes the best anime series so overwhelmingly powerful.
The comments add to the sense of disquiet from backers, even as they remain supportive.
But underlying that, there is a very profound sense of disquiet about the way the organization is headed.
He’d felt a primeval disquiet, some anciently imprinted caution that he had to breach, and then a protean jolt when the thing moved, when he saw the black globular eye of the exposed kit, itself some hole, the entrance to some compact endless tunnel.
Interviews with swing voters conducted by major news outlets reveal their disquiet: their belief that whoever prevails this November will not improve their lives and that Washington, D.C. is corrupt and inept.
There is also disquiet that the results appeared to leak out some time in advance and a feeling among insiders that Yorkshire and Graves are being victimised after the racism crisis.
Council president Charles Michel admitted they will work to make sure that a united Europe is more popular in member states, amid growing disquiet in countries like Greece and Italy.
I don’t share the disquiet some on the left feel about that.
No. It’s wrong of Priests to make inciting arguments against at a govt, a ruler of a country, encouraging disquiet among the people.
The criticism from the Union is couched in a manner so as not to express disquiet with the Senior Minister of Social Protection and the leadership of the PNC-led coalition.
This revelation has produced some level of disquiet among some residents.
Disquiet mounted as the centre-right administration, which was elected on a tough law and order platform in July, declared that the country again at the forefront of the migration crisis had “reached its limits”.
In Nagaland and Mizoram, people and politicians have expressed their disquiet.
It does, however, add to a sense of disquiet.
Mr Farage also suggested a no-deal Brexit would be a "winning ticket" at a future general election - a prospect which has reportedly caused some disquiet among Conservative MPs.
Retired Delhi High Court Judge Kailash Gambhir has opposed the move and expressed displeasure stating that it would generate disquiet in the Judiciary and dissatisfaction in the Bar.
Simply resetting the Brexit clock won’t address the disquiet that produced the leave victory.
Some parts of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s speech at the Damba festival in Yendi, in Ghana’s Northern region is generating some disquiet on social media and among locals.
Common combinations with disquiet
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of disquiet 5×
- some disquiet 5×
- disquiet that 4×
- disquiet in 4×
- disquiet among 4×
- disquiet over 3×
- and disquiet 3×
- their disquiet 3×
- growing disquiet 3×
- the disquiet 3×