unrest

IPA: ʌnrˈɛst

A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests.

Examples of "unrest" in Sentences

There was social unrest in this period.
I will never forget the video of the unrest.
The East German police failed to quell the unrest.
He defined the charges of causing civil unrest and sedition.
Because of the unrest in Tibet, the Tibet editors are swamped.
At the time, the slave's unrest had spread east of the Adriatic.
After the Battle of the Braes in 1882, the unrest spread to Glendale.
He paints the alienation, the loneliness, the unrest, the uncertainty.
A wave of unrest was seen across the continent in the Revolution of 1848.
At the end of the 18th century, there was growing unrest in the Netherlands.
Practically, the risk to us of social unrest is too horrific to even consider.
[313] The materials in which the term unrest is used in the sense indicated are in the popular discussions of social questions.
Civil unrest is more a threat to this country with each passing day the Obama administration rams their agenda down our throats.
Yes we have 4 seats for all the post season games up through the World Series (should we make it again this year) and unrest is relentless!!!