Socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner.
1 The concierge was evidently ill at ease ; something was troubling him sorely.
2 He was ill at ease in the face of this peculiar tragedy.
3 Spontini was evidently ill at ease on his seat in the orchestra.
4 Yet Waitstill was ill at ease this afternoon; she hardly knew why.
5 The mind is ill at ease when its companion has the colic.
6 The aides-de-camp were nervous, the Chairman apprehensive, the Committee ill at ease .
7 He had never felt so ill at ease in all his life.
8 Neither was Mr. Monk ill at ease or ungraceful in his actions.
9 Martin, usually the mildest-mannered man in Sussex, was obviously ill at ease .
10 But in spite of his calmness, he too was ill at ease .
11 For some reason the two men seemed ill at ease and tongue-tied.
12 Their bodies asked no questions that made him feel ill at ease .
13 Feeling ill at ease in company is more common than you think.
14 And she was ill at ease and nervous and silent again yesterday.
15 For some reason it made him ill at ease to see it.
16 The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease .
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