Sentence examples for rather ill at ease from inspiring English sources

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Ill-at-ease (adj).

Uncomfortable.

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Wearing blue Infosys T-shirts, Mr Murthy and his senior colleagues looked rather ill at ease on the podium, alongside Bob Greifeld, NASDAQ's president, and other dignitaries.

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This may be conveniently near to the Chelsea ground, but won't he feel rather ill-at-ease among the Russian oligarchs of the Kings Road?

Robert is a loving, but occasionally ill-at-ease, father.

He was nice but a bit ill-at-ease.

And, suddenly, for perhaps a second or two, Callaghan looked ill-at-ease.

She looked painfully ill-at-ease playing Russell Brand's love interest in that idiotic Arthur remake.

She dressed carefully, often in dark colours, and appeared socially ill-at-ease.

"Some people were still ill-at-ease at that point contemplating Alan's sexuality.

Without this ability to withdraw, an introvert soon becomes edgy, tense, irritable and ill-at-ease.

When she finally invited a proper date round for a summer supper – Alan was a new hire, and rather dashing, for an accountant – he seemed ill at ease from the start, having been ridiculously unsettled by the peculiar shelving of her Folio classics, which she'd given up standing spine out.

Addressing the press, Mr. Slim can appear ill at ease, resembling at times a small business owner rather than Mexico's richest man.

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