How to Use unsettled in a Sentence

unsettled

adjective
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  • We have some unsettled business to attend to.
  • So, in some sense, the source of the Nile remains unsettled.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Javier Báez — who knocked out a hit on a bounced pitch — didn’t like the unsettled forecast for the team’s next home game.
    — Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Fields looked unsettled and out of sync for most of the afternoon.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
  • These books and their words are the substance of an unsettled soul, and have paved its road outward, into the world.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Though the long-range outlook is hard to predict, in the near future, at least, these unsettled times mean changes are on the way.
    — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 21 July 2023
  • Cloudy skies linger to start the workweek as an unsettled pattern sticks around.
    — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Its trade was booming and over the decades the railroad bought up the largely unsettled tracts in Locust Point.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2023
  • More unsettled weather is on tap as a storm system goes north and west of New England across the Great Lakes over the next 24 hours.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
  • While spending the day with Josef, who claims to be dying, Aaron becomes more and more unsettled.
    — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 30 Aug. 2023
  • But the invasion of Ukraine has shown that in the unsettled state of the world, unexpected things can happen.
    — David McHugh and Matthew Daly, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2024
  • While these months are still pleasant, there is the risk of unsettled conditions, sandstorms, and rain.
    — Sophie Prideaux, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The sunsets go backward and forward like unsettled clocks.
    — Stav Poleg, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Whether that person will do so is an unsettled question.
    — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The pup was very unsettled and my husband ended up taking the dog back to Anne’s home during the night — after spending two days with us.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Part of the Ripple case remains unsettled and is expected to go to trial.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 14 July 2023
  • This unsettled pattern will hang on for a couple more days before the rain chances diminish later in the week.
    — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 6 June 2023
  • So, for Jones, the unsettled matter is how much the families should be paid — a question that’s now been answered for the Lewis family.
    — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Tomona hails from the town of Dan-no-ura, the site of a devastating battle where Heike forces were sent to the bottom of the sea, their unsettled spirits still haunting the region.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 12 Aug. 2022
  • But few deny that Trump has only grown more formidable in the first half of the year while the race to displace him is more unsettled than ever.
    — Hannah Knowles and Maeve Reston, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2023
  • In fact, an unsettled weather pattern will bring rain chances every day this week.
    — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Monday, the tragedy left some feeling unsafe and unsettled.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The front should pass through most of the state later in the week but could then stall and then move back northward, bringing more unsettled weather and higher rain chances to parts of Alabama for the rest of the week.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 10 Apr. 2022
  • That, in turn, has provided glimpses of Rodgers appearing just a bit unsettled.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
  • But the fate of U.S. aid to Ukraine, which is running low on ammunition in its war with Russia, remains unsettled.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Before any of those changes, a Baltimore homeowner with an unsettled city debt of $750 or more was at risk of losing their home in such a sale.
    — Ben Brasch, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • One year after the defense looked so unsettled and so unsure of its identity, this group seemed much more certain of who needed to be on the field.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2022
  • The question of who loses control, and why, remains unsettled.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
  • After two overtimes, two long delays to take care of injured fans and one heck of a boys basketball game, the race for the No. 1 seed in the 22nd District remains unsettled.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Meanwhile, cold air and unsettled weather will move into the Northwest.
    — Janice Dean, Fox News, 18 May 2022

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