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• They tried to colour the industrial unrest as a merely local matter.From the entry color
• Foreign governments have tried to foment unrest.From the entry foment
• The political reforms excited unrest among the population.From the entry excite
• Troops will move in if the civil unrest continues.From the entry move in
• The escalating protests resulted in widespread civil unrest.From the entry result in
• The government has blamed the recent unrest on foreign agitation, but they'll soon realize that the call is coming from inside the house.From the entry the call is coming from inside the house
• You doomscroll about all kinds of things including pandemics, racial injustice, natural disasters, wars, and political unrest.2020, Robert West, chapter 1, in Stop Doomscrolling: How to Break the Cycle to Relieve Stress, Decrease Anxiety, and Regain Your Life…. From the entry doomscroll
• Chronic unrest in Ireland, long under the British boot, was about to culminate in a popular rising.2013 October 8, Stanley Weintraub, Young Mr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry boot
• Maidan was absolutely peaceful, Tahrir saw some unrest but was still peaceful on the whole.2012 January 18, Simon Shuster, “The Anti-Putin Movement: An Interview with the Blogger in Chief”, in Time, retrieved 18 Aug 2013. From the entry on the whole
• And it may be that the current unrest is just the tip of the iceberg.1977 September, “The Tip of the Iceberg”, in John H[arold] Johnson, editor, Ebony, volume XXXII, number 11, Chicago, Ill.: Johnson…. From the entry tip of the iceberg
• The ear-to-the-ground President knew that all the unrest could not be blamed on Communists.1949 August 29, “Chile: Fast Work”, in Time. From the entry ear to the ground
• But she façaded her unrest with a determination to improve her mind.1943, Arthur Stringer, Star in a Mist, A Novel, page 180. From the entry facade
• As in China, bi-metallism exacerbated rural unrest in Nguyen Vietnam.2016, Christopher Goscha, The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam, Penguin, published 2017, page 34. From the entry bimetallism
• The area was aseethe with unrest, and I was scared to get out of the car, but there was no choice.2012, Rian Malan, My Traitor's Heart. From the entry aseethe
• Although it appeared to be triggered by unrest in Greece, the real cause could be a trader's "fat fingers."2010 May 6, “‘Fat fingers’ could be behind market crash”, in CTV News, Vancouver, B.C.. From the entry fat finger
• This intellectual and moral unrest is the inner reason for the continued talk on triple alliances, dual alliances, ententes and detentes.1908 July 23, Theodor Barth, “Germany’s Political Position”, in The Independent, volume LXV, number 3112, New York, N.Y.: The Independent…. From the entry detente
• Henry’s government’s already tenuous hold on the country has largely evaporated during the unrest, other factions have attempted to fill the power vacuum.2022 September 16, Milo Milfort, Anatoly Kurmanaev, Andre Paultre, “Fuel Hike Plunges Haiti Into Near Anarchy”, in The New York Times…. From the entry power vacuum
• In times of unrest, Purser explains, societies see a rise in groups of people who are attracted to esoteric ideas mixing them with political movements.2021 March 12, “Professor Ron Purser Interviewed by Salon on ‘Conspirituality’ Influencers”, in San Francisco State University College of…. From the entry conspiritualism
• It was not immediately clear whether the raw chicken was the result of a genuine kitchen mistake or linked to the unrest in Sheung Shui.2019 September 7, Rebecca Tan, “Amid protests, Hong Kong police receive a peculiar delivery: 100 meal boxes with raw chicken”, in The…. From the entry Sheung Shui
• All the things the “poetic” avoids—industry, social unrest, technology—become materials for Baudelaire not in spite of their unpoeticness but because of it.2003, Barbara Johnson, “The Task of the Translator”, in Mother Tongues: Sexuality, Trials, Motherhood, Translation, Cambridge, Mass.…. From the entry unpoeticness
• An examination of the taggiest of the ewes showed a heavy infestation of red-headed lice to be the cause of the unrest.1921, Research Bulletin, numbers 347-359, page 66. From the entry taggy
• Roughly, it marked the passing of the confident and rather superficial security of the 'fifties into a vague unrest, a kind of troubled awe.1920, C. H. Herford, “Recent tendencies in European poetry”, in Francis Sydney Marvin, editor, Recent Developments in European Thought. From the entry symbolism
• It is a feature of present-day operations that non-attendance of staff is much greater than was the case prior to the COVID disruption, without taking account of industrial unrest.2023 December 13, 'Industry Insider', “Delivering a robust timetable”, in RAIL, number 998, page 68. From the entry non-attendance
• Several protesters took up positions on the rooftops of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, armed with bows and arrows, as unrest spread across the territory's central Kowloon district.2019 November 17, “Hong Kong protesters fend off police with arrows, petrol bombs as unrest spreads”, in France 24, sourced from Reuters…. From the entry Kowloon
• Frustration among miners like Li over unpaid wages has swelled to the brink of unrest in Heilongjiang province in China’s far northeast, also known as Manchuria.2016 March 18, Gerry Shih, “Anger in China’s coal country as miners feel left behind”, in AP News, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2022. From the entry Shuangyashan
• Unrest is predictably blamed on a small group of people with ulterior motives," "evil forces plotting behind the scenes," and "masses who don't know the truth."2008 December 1, Sky Canaves, “A Rare Media Critique of the Chinese System from Within”, in The Wall Street Journal, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry Cultural Revolution
• And to top things off, Osama bin Laden has released another audiotape threatening more attacks in the west, which conjures up unpleasant visions of even greater unrest.2006 January 20, “Oil on the up, again”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jul…. From the entry nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
• Within a decade of the Kylon affair, the first Athenian lawcode was written down by Drako, no doubt largely in response to the growing political unrest.1996, Joseph M[ichael] Bryant, “Toward Democracy in Athens”, in Moral Codes and Social Structure in Ancient Greece: A Sociology of Greek…. From the entry Drako
• In times of unrest, the caravans would move south through the sparse towns along the foot of the Kunlum Mountains, protected from robbers by the Taklimakan desert.1989, Colin Thubron, The Silk Road: Beyond the Celestial Kingdom, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 15. From the entry Aksu
• As far as local unrest is concerned, there is no fear but that I shall be spared to die stupidly, rottingly, of old age in my bed.1916, Lucas Malet (Mrs. Mary St. Leger Harrison), “The Land of Regrets”, in Damaris: A Novel, London: Hutchinson & Co. […], →OCLC, page 175. From the entry rottingly

Meaning of unrest

1. noun A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests.
2. noun Something that troubles or confuses; that which causes unrest.

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Questions about unrest in a sentence

How do you use unrest in a sentence?

Unrest is used as a noun. For example: “They tried to colour the industrial unrest as a merely local matter.”

What is a short sentence with unrest?

“Foreign governments have tried to foment unrest.”

What does unrest mean?

Unrest means a state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests.