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Examples of ill at ease in a Sentence
He seemed ill at ease when we spoke with him.
I'm usually ill at ease when addressing a large crowd of people.
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Deep fault lines emerged in a society ill at ease with itself and aggrieved with the West.
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Laura Secor, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
Former President Donald Trump stood in the lobby of Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan Friday morning looking somehow ill at ease in his own building.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 2 June 2024
Still, Griffith often felt ill at ease with her position within the music industry.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
Cinderella also becomes more ill at ease in the already-bad bosom of her lousy step-family (Jennifer Simard, Tess Soltau, Amy Hillner Larson) and falls into the arms — and independent mind — of rogue Original Fairy Godmother (Brooke Dillman).
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 22 June 2023
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Laura Secor, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
Former President Donald Trump stood in the lobby of Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan Friday morning looking somehow ill at ease in his own building.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 2 June 2024
Still, Griffith often felt ill at ease with her position within the music industry.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
Cinderella also becomes more ill at ease in the already-bad bosom of her lousy step-family (Jennifer Simard, Tess Soltau, Amy Hillner Larson) and falls into the arms — and independent mind — of rogue Original Fairy Godmother (Brooke Dillman).
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 22 June 2023
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“Ill at ease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ill%20at%20ease. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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