Uneasily

Seabeck meditated for a mile, and Billy Louise watched him uneasily from the tail of her eye. ❋ Unknown (1914)

"How-dye, Allaphair!" he called uneasily, while she was yet some yards away. ❋ John Fox (1891)

Reed’s men watched uneasily from the walls as the armed soldiers rode a circuitous path along the wall of the outer bailey. ❋ Xcpublishing (2009)

She supposed he meant he was guilty for having thrown her life into disarray with his confession, and yet the word sat uneasily. ❋ Kate Morton (2009)

She recalled uneasily the vague rumors she had heard since arriving in town, rumors about the old hotel becoming a home for some sort of cult, particularly rumors of Dane Lanford, as the cult's despotic leader. ❋ Britton, Vickie & Jackson, Loretta (2002)

Metcalfe called uneasily from the passenger cabin. ❋ L.A Graf (2000)

Wexford now recalled uneasily how it was said that Westerners smelt bad to the Chinese, owing to their consumption of dairy products. ❋ Rendell, Ruth, 1930- (1983)

I'll stay here until Mr.B. is able to see people, in case some utter emergency turns up "- I was recalling uneasily that the Emperor had told me to hang on and had assumed that I would -" but it is actually better to keep me out of sight. ❋ Heinlein, Robert A. (1956)

Nurse Kettle threw him a glance that might perhaps be best described as uneasily roguish. ❋ Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 (1955)

They went down a long ramp, calling uneasily to each other. ❋ Murray Leinster (1935)

Mother Hubbard, winking fast behind the green spectacles, and recalling uneasily the couplet her father often repeated: -- ❋ Sophie May (1869)

Sitting on the banquette, looking uneasily at the menu, I'm 14 again and failing to grasp average variable cost. ❋ Unknown (2011)

BUENOS AIRES—As Cristina Kirchner heads for an expected landslide re-election in Sunday's presidential voting, few Argentines are resting more uneasily than 12 economic consultants who face sanctions from her government for contradicting its calculation of the inflation rate. ❋ Matt Moffett (2011)

Toyota's decision will sit uneasily with the government, which is already under pressure to safeguard jobs outside mining. ❋ Gavin Lower (2012)

Washington's servant, William Lee, and a figure who may be Gen. John Sullivan look on uneasily. ❋ Patrick J. Walsh (2011)

Floodwaters battered squatter communities perched uneasily on the slopes of gullies that crisscross the sprawling capital of Kingston. ❋ AP (2010)