ill at ease

How To Use ill at ease In A Sentence

• I remember a man ill at ease with his height and fearful that his profound musical abilities were undervalued.
• He seemed ill at ease and not his usual self.
• At 11 pm, Kirsty Wark, who had appeared ill at ease throughout the preceding half hour, disappeared from Scottish screens to be replaced by the hangdog features of Newsnight Scotland's Gordon Brewer.
• The boy was ill at ease in the presence of the headmaster.
• The world depicted is a fascinating one, and we gaze upon it with rapt attention, even as the disquieting mood of the film keeps us ill at ease.
• Suspects look ill at ease; the murder squad is full of tense, haggard men. Times, Sunday Times
• Lilian, tall and slim and intellectual, seemed ill at ease among the debs and toffs.
• ‘Clearly there are still people ill at ease with naturism who still have a lot of prejudices towards it,’ he says.
• Have him or her call you back; it is reasonable to feign a reason for an emergency exit if you are ill at ease.
• He is always ill at ease when facing his step-father.