sense of unease
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsenseanduneasiness
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sense
noun
uk/sens/us/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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uneasiness
noun[U]
uk/ʌnˈiː.zi.nəs/us/ʌnˈiː.zi.nəs/
worry ...
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(Definition ofsenseanduneasinessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsense of unease
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There will inevitably be a deepsenseofuneaseand unhappiness.
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The interviewer reported frequent comments by subjects as to theirsenseofuneaseabout the telephone assessment.
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Along with considerable economic improvement and educational advance, an underlyingsenseofuneasepervaded the community and its view of the future.
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This underlyingsenseofunease, then, finally reached its zenith towards the end of the 1970 courses.
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The woman officer's increasingsenseofuneaseand uncertainty is conveyed in a disrupted narrative where there is no sense of closure.
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Like many of her works, the piece evinces a distinct and coherent harmonic world, a dream-like sense of continuity and a vaguesenseofuneaseor anxiety.
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At the same time, they felt a deepsenseofuneaseat their inability to co-operate with their colleagues in the health service.
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That compounds our concern and adds to thesenseofuneasethat we entertain.
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If the revival of democracy depends upon personality politics alone, that leaves me with asenseofuneasefor the future of our democracy.
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I say that it is asenseofuneasethat comes over me.
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I share the greatsenseofuneaseabout how the question of consultation has been handled in recent months.
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That strengthens mysenseofuneaseabout the whole of the proceedings this afternoon.
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Many feel a deepsenseofunease, if not fear, whenever trains stop inexplicably in tunnels or smoke can be smelled at stations.
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However, in spite of all the protection, there is still asenseofunease.
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The very fact that farmers feel themselves to be at the mercy of the acquiring authority creates asenseofuneaseand mistrust.
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The recent information about the falsification of documents just added to the deepsenseofuneasethat is shared by people throughout our island.
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This obviously increases theirsenseofuneaseand social marginalisation.
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I share much of thissenseofuneasenot at the way that it is done but that it is done at all.
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This is not party politics at all, but there is asenseofunease.
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I recognise that they are still suffering from asenseofunease.
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