Example sentences for: unrest

How can you use “unrest” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I know what unrest is.

  • The peace process is fragile; the Gaza Strip is still given to unrest and the Israeli government watches cautiously to see if Yasser Arafat’s PLO can effectively police its allotted territories, free of the influence of Hamas and Islamic Jihad (“Holy War,” an Islamic fundamentalist movement).

  • Protest against overcrowding, antiquated teaching, bureaucracy, and the very basis of the social system made the Sorbonne a focal point for unrest in 1968, a year of ferment throughout Europe.

  • In about a.d. 30 he and his followers went for Passover to Jerusalem, which was in unrest at this time, dissatisfied with Roman domination.

  • But his execution may not win the requisite parliamentary approval, because Turkish politicians fear martyring him and sparking Kurdish unrest.


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