grow uneasy

Frequency: 7.010.0 per million words

To gradually become more worried or anxious over time.

uneasyVERBS + uneasy

Categories:

grow

Examples (10)

  • We were starting to grow slightly uneasy.
  • The prolonged silence made him grow increasingly uneasy.
  • As the deadline approached, she began to grow visibly uneasy.
  • The news of the missing plane caused many people to grow quite uneasy.
  • He had started to grow a little uneasy about the sudden changes.
  • When the lights flickered, the children in the room grew very uneasy.
  • She found herself growing profoundly uneasy with his constant questioning.
  • The ambiguous instructions made the team grow rather uneasy about the project's direction.
  • Despite his calm exterior, he couldn't help but grow inwardly uneasy.
  • Many residents began to grow uneasy as the storm intensified.