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Example sentences for "uneasily"

Lexicographically close words:
unearthed; unearthing; unearthly; unease; uneasie; uneasiness; uneasy; uneatable; uneaten; uneath
  1. When at last the significance of Yetta's avowal had penetrated Harry's thick skull, he moved uneasily on his chair.

  2. For an hour more Walter paced up and down in Washington Square, between the sleeping figures huddled up on the park benches or stretched uneasily on the hard dry ground.

  3. She moved uneasily about the shanty, Lon making no move to stay her.

  4. He opened it in silence and glanced at it, while Everett stared uneasily at this unusual proceeding.

  5. Still, he moved uneasily when he thought of the soft bed and the kindly hands that were ministering to the son of his enemy.

  6. Then she stirred a little uneasily under his caressing hand.

  7. But Audrey blushed a little uneasily under that kind look.

  8. Babe, nursing his wounds and listening uneasily to the vicious hum which filled the air outside the thicket.

  9. It came so suddenly upon them that Little Silk Wing, under the touch of that blue-white radiance, stirred uneasily and half unfolded his wings.

  10. The father fumbled his watch chain, moved uneasily and finally said with firmness: "I am Helen's guardian!

  11. The leech rose and wiped his forehead, looking uneasily at Paula who had remained seated; her breath came fast, and she was more confused and undecided than he had ever seen her.

  12. Crabb, adjusting his glasses, which seemed to sit uneasily on his nose.

  13. Here Jim Smith's face turned from red to pale, and he moved about uneasily in his seat.

  14. Unable to express his appreciation of the honour thus conferred, Peter twirls his thumbs, ventures a side glance at Harmy, and, again utterly disparaged in his own eyes, looks uneasily at the floor.

  15. Daisy turned her own eyes uneasily away, then brought them back; she could not help it.

  16. She turned uneasily and rested her face on her hand, and so lay looking at the doctor; at his handsome calm features and glittering blue eye.

  17. The Germans of Holstein, Schleswig, and Lauenburg submitted uneasily to the Danish rule; and only under the stress of demonstrations by the allies did the Norwegians accept the union with Sweden.

  18. Europe rests from the generous struggles of the past, and settles down uneasily into a time of veiled hostility and armed peace.

  19. But Miss Brooke, dropping her book on her red flannel lap, and looking uneasily over her shoulder at her niece's retreating figure, would not let her go.

  20. The sick man's eyes dilated, and fixed themselves uneasily on his wife.

  21. Poor Sir Harry could only shuffle uneasily in his chair, and bow his acquiescence.

  22. The girl obeys, but glances once more uneasily towards the window, and takes her place with compressed lips, and cheeks as pale as death.

  23. He looked uneasily around, but there seemed no apparent excuse for delay.

  24. Having thus revenged herself, she stood looking uneasily at the door for a minute, and at last wandered away into the adjoining gallery.

  25. At any rate, come into the shade," said Marmaduke, glancing uneasily toward the windows of the house.

  26. She left the room; and he walked uneasily to and fro Until she returned, dressed in white.

  27. Elinor, seeing this, glanced uneasily at Conolly, and unexpectedly met his eye.

  28. They remembered that they were not at home, and became more or less uneasily self-conscious.

  29. She seemed about to explain further; but Marmaduke looked so uneasily at her that she stopped.

  30. Clifford moved uneasily in his chair, for the vindictiveness in his companion's voice rasped almost beyond endurance.

  31. At the same time, she glanced uneasily at Constance, who was seated a few steps away, with her face hidden in her hands, unable to endure that scene.

  32. Well,' cried the other, uneasily flinging the end of his cloak over his shoulder with an oath, 'let them do their worst!

  33. But glancing uneasily at his daughter and seeing her calm eyes fixed on the speaker without embarrassment, he folded his arms stiffly, and with a lofty simulation of examining the ceiling, said: "Ahem!

  34. More than that, he was uneasily conscious that in Mrs. Tucker's simple and unaffected manner there was a greater superiority than he had ever noticed during their previous acquaintance.

  35. Yet he rose again, uneasily and with irregular steps returned to the corridor, passing the door of the familiar little cell beside his own.

  36. The blood came to Spencer's cheek, and he turned uneasily to the window.

  37. He spent part of the morning in uneasily pacing his room, in occasional sallies into the street from which he purposelessly returned, and once or twice in distant and furtive contemplation of Rosey at work in the galley.

  38. He turned for confirmation of their general disinterestedness to the Right Bower, but he was already striding away, uneasily conscious of the lazy following of the Left Bower, like a laggard conscience at his back.

  39. Robert Morton hesitated, glancing uneasily from Willie to Janoah, scented a storm and, slipping softly from the shop, went in pursuit of the retreating figure.

  40. Notwithstanding the permission Willie did not immediately avail himself of it but instead lingered uneasily as if something troubled his conscience.

  41. Trakor stirred uneasily as the roar of Sadu, monarch of the jungle night, rolled across the forest aisles from nearby.

  42. And when several of the men dragged burning branches from the fires and threw them, like blazing spears, in his direction, he snarled uneasily and drew back.

  43. The position was painful to both of us, I felt it in both my legs; she moved uneasily saying, "I hope you will go.

  44. I partly coaxed, partly pulled her, she looked uneasily round the farm-yard, and we entered the cowshed.

  45. Looking both ways quickly and uneasily she placed her arm in mine, and hanging her head down pressed close to me.

  46. At these words many of the gentlemen present began to bite their moustaches and move uneasily in their chairs.

  47. Who moved uneasily on his feet, rubbed his beard a little, and at length said: "Well!

  48. Defarge, who had been uneasily biting his thumb-nail and looking at her, collected his face into a sterner expression.

  49. Breed circled uneasily round the spot, powerless to help the coyote that was stretched full length between two traps, yet he lingered till an hour before dawn.

  50. They seemed always suspicious that some friend would suddenly turn upon them, and whenever some eager coyote clashed his teeth while feeding, these strangers that had come so recently from the low country started uneasily at the sound.

  51. There was something sinister and purposeful in this concerted action and the rest of the elk milled about uneasily and at last turned and trotted off.

  52. He prowled uneasily about the narrow saddle, and in his nervousness over Shady's protracted absence he forgot the danger of following cow trails and padded restlessly up and down those which threaded through the gap.

  53. She growled uneasily at Breed as he peered down the hole.

  54. Maitland laughed uneasily and looked down, visibly embarrassed, acting with consummate address, playing the game for all he was worth; and enjoying it hugely.

  55. And uneasily he speculated as to whether or not he would be able to manipulate correctly the usual display of knives and forks.

  56. His fat pink fingers drummed uneasily on the cloth for a few moments.

  57. The old man paused sarcastically for an answer, with his eyes fixed severely on my odd cousin, who blushed and looked uneasily to me for a hint.

  58. Tom Brice, with these words, stood up, and looked uneasily in the direction of the Windmill Wood.


  59. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "uneasily" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.