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Sentence Examples Canales is at ease within a flamenco vocabulary, but his choreographic forays into contemporary dance are sadly cliched. Writing the letter and putting it under Angel's door, Tess felt much more at ease, knowing that he would know all there is of her past. She rightly says that being at ease in standard English is essential if you wish to communicate widely and easily with others. Bluffly outgoing, infallibly at ease in large groups, he seemed inhibited by screen intimacy. We want the Minister to take a call to put our minds at ease that this amount has not been paid out. But this doctrine that souls are acquired by heredity carried more physical implications than at least some Platonists could feel at ease with. On the eve of her wedding journey, she has a swanky supper with her father, a bank manager ill at ease with his daughter's high-flying tastes. During the interview, the former governor of Vermont appeared at ease handling questions that hopscotched across global trouble spots. Familiar, logical BMW instrumentation, switchgear and cabin layout put you instantly at ease. The dark elf seemed ill at ease among the buildings, and clung close to One Nine's shaggy thigh. His knack for putting his subjects at ease is reflected in his photographs of the Fab Four. They turned me to face downwards and I had my head in a vice, but the surgeon was ever so nice and set me at ease straight away. She had become very uncomfortable and ill at ease when visiting her parents and suffered chronic tension. It would have been hard to find a man more suited to putting everyone at ease. Worse than that, everybody felt ill at ease and unsure how to behave in front of the former enemy. It made him uncomfortable and ill at ease, and he felt she was trying to keep him there in the pilothouse. Why did he seem so ill at ease, so uncomfortable with the role he had to play? She sits isolated, straining at the boundaries of the picture, thoroughly ill at ease with her space. Also, he confessed he is not fully at ease with factional wrangling inside the party and has no intention of joining any faction for now. He didn't seem put off or nervous, and the fact that he was so collected helped put Lucas more at ease. Show More Sentences She forced herself to refocus on what was going on in front of her and suddenly felt at ease. But he seemed ill at ease in Liszt's flamboyant Spanish Rhapsody, which in his hands wanted for inflection, contrast and affective intensity. With Will it's so easy not to feel intimidated because he puts you at ease. 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. They were bright young men, at ease in Western society and with an interest in engineering and aeronautics. The only way to set your mind at ease before purchasing a supplement is to check out the facts first. This is inevitable, and a reader may be ill at ease at the scarcity of evidence that underlies many of these reconstructions. You may find yourself feeling at ease, happy and relaxed by the cheerful non-threatening atmosphere of a gay venue. The experienced safari guides seem to have an innate empathy with the nature all around, and all at once you feel at ease. On the other hand, among friends with whom you feel at ease, you are expressive, witty, and quite charming. The taxi driver spoke decently good English and said he had been to Toronto, something that curiously put me at ease. I could tell by our team's attitude that they seemed to be totally at ease when they took the field. There is an easy elegance here, a fluid readability, and a lucid, completely unaffected, eloquence of one who is at ease with herself. Most Protestants, certainly Anglicans, would be quite at ease with these words, and so they should be since they mirror their theology. Lilian, tall and slim and intellectual, seemed ill at ease among the debs and toffs. Educated in India, he feels equally at ease speaking Dari to tribal elders and English to the Council on Foreign Relations. Kathy fidgeted beside him, studying her nails, ill at ease among these obvious geeks and losers. To my surprise, he was standing at ease, talking to an old lady who was seated on one of the chairs in the alcove. Mr. Rochester was a princely and heroic master, and, despite his ireful frown and brusque, moody manner, Jane felt at ease in his presence. Despite the size of the sharks, she felt at ease in the underwater environment and helped clean the tank and feed the aquariums other fish. Show More Sentences Despite the contrast of materials and color, the home's skillful siting puts it elegantly at ease in its rugged environment. As a married woman, Mrs. Darcy retained the brightness and the unshakable ability to be at ease in every situation of her maidenhood. Never at ease when alone, bachelor males routinely seek the company of other species of monkey. We felt quite at ease as the naturist section was a good distance from the main 'textile' beach and as a result there were very few passers by. In the 1980s and 1990s we were ill at ease and unable to get a hold on things as we faced a big black hole and a slow drift to oblivion. Both girls ceased their jitters and tried to stand at ease, gnawing away at their lips. The soldiers at Micklegate Bar are not marching but are stood at ease, and may well have been from the Army Cadet Corps. The door slammed shut behind him and I jumped, but Mother seemed perfectly at ease. Now vulnerable people can feel more at ease knowing that recruits are signing up to stop doorstep con-artists. A man gifted with his hands, he was content and at ease building walls and making timber panels. In contrast, Harrington was all smiles, perfectly at ease with himself and the situation. With a sprinkling of new players still bedding in, they looked ill at ease in the face of a familiar, and formidable, United side. I halted in front of the sentry box, turned to the front and stood at ease. As I made my way to the taxi stand at JFK, I felt at ease for the first time in over a month. And in fact she does seem more at ease with herself than I've heard she was, and very content with her life. He joined Neal, Arlyn and Lori, standing at ease on the other side of the stage. You wouldn't believe it watching her work, because she looked so consummately at ease, but I think performing took a lot out of her. The diarist John Evelyn describes Bacon at ease in his garden accompanied by a servant with inkhorn and quill to record his thoughts. Bureau is an excellent draughtsman and painter, gracefully at ease on both large and small canvases. The idea behind the renovation in the city is part of OUPs recent drive to provide greater visibility of books and set bibliophiles at ease. Show More Sentences They could then be more at ease with themselves afterwards and their information could form a vital piece to complete the jigsaw. His characters tend to be laid back and fairly at ease, meandering shiftlessly and still accomplishing something. Equally at ease in English and French, Smith was very much a success story of Trudeau's vision of a bilingual country. Now at ease by the fireside, his feet are shod in narrow velvet slippers with a monogram embroidered in gold thread. By the time I came to work for Michael and Jan, their eighty acres had cast such a spell on them that they did not feel at ease anywhere else. It turns me on that a man can have the talent and power to make me laugh, loosen up and feel at ease. The three bleary-eyed women did not see the beauty in the brightening when they looked up at the sky and only felt ill at ease when they did. Usually they become more and more at ease, if you start asking questions about them. As they ate, he put her at ease with his uncontrived interest in who she was and what she was about. She is so at ease on stage and has tons of great material on every subject under the sun. I remember a man ill at ease with his height and fearful that his profound musical abilities were undervalued. Although she was convinced early on that she was born to be an artist, she was rarely at ease with herself. So it's a debate among scientists whether human-like bots are repulsive or if machines that mimic our mortal movements put us at ease. The ship's navigator stood there, tall and smiling, hands behind his back but completely at ease by all other appearances. Russians, for historical reasons, can be acutely ill at ease with the idea of expounding uncomfortable truths in a formal setting. After visiting the kitchen and disposing of the disposables, I headed back out to see what tasks I might do to make customers feel at ease. Keeping the performer at ease is usually entrusted to the agent and concert promoter. When he is told that he was adopted at the age of four, he realises that his spirit will not be at ease until he knows more about his parents. Unusually for a British sovereign, George was at ease with intellectuals and country people alike. But this MTV veejay has taken it as a challenge to prove that he can be equally at ease doing programmes on serious issues. Show More Sentences The musical sound of the water bubbling over the streambed put his troubled mind at ease. Oddly, this fond remembrance didn't seem to put Pietro at ease. Thanks to breathable fabrics like linen and comfortable details like drawstring waistbands, this summer's trends are aimed at making you feel at ease in the summer heat. The sadness from the mass mood had lifted and everyone felt at ease. Indeed, it is understandable why health care staff dealing with anxious patients should employ friendly forms of address in order to put them at ease. Can images arising from a self apparently at ease internally and at peace with its environs ever produce images that surpass mere visual reportage? Here's someone who's lived his whole life in a little town in Wales, and he's more liberated, inquisitive and at ease with the world than most people I know half his age. Content, my mother was at ease that her first-born would not fall into the ranks of picky eaters. Then your luck is in and they tell you it's the operating theatre in the morning and next day you get the pre-med to make you feel drowsy and at ease. Each rider is matched with a horse of the appropriate weight and height, but they are all at ease with teaching people who have never ridden before. She also seems more at ease than ever while delivering her songs. He is a teenager at ease, relaxed and self-confident, never too excited. Anyone would be ill at ease at having to tighten their belt by 30 percent. They were a bit nervous when they sat down, but leary soon put them at ease with his soft-spoken charm. Despite the severe physical demands of his work, Tse said that he at least found his heart at ease because of the genuine contentment he derives from his work. Equally at ease with singing in Punjabi, Hindi, Gujarati, Bhojpuri and even Arabic, Harjeet says he learnt to survive early on in his career by never saying no. But discarding a few outmoded shibboleths does not create a society that is at ease with itself and free of class anxieties, frictions and divisions. Oddly though, once my brain internalized my surroundings as a surreal stage setting, removed from what would be normally acceptable to my senses, I felt at ease. Usually, I meditate during sleep, when my brainwaves are at ease. Cleo is open and at ease, reflecting some new-found maturity. Show More Sentences Any white person expressing such ideas is obviously a buttoned up racist, ill at ease with the realities of multicultural Britain and its vibrant black youth culture. He is disarming, humble, genuinely and immediately friendly and has a way of carrying himself, in front of a camera or in the flesh, which immediately puts you at ease. I just shifted in my seat, feeling very nervous, and ill at ease. Every table has views over the loch, and the renovated croft and ferryman's cottage is decorated in a light, breezy way that immediately puts you at ease. Young was so at ease with his power and patriotism that the former deputy head of MI6 once ordered, between pink gins, the assassination of the president during the crisis. People before our fact-obsessed centuries were fully at ease with the made-up fiction, and so I see myself as a traditionalist rather than a conventionalist I suppose. Wits's haircut went by smoothly without a flinch or complaint though as Finn began to feel more at ease with the scissors she became more and more careless. The goofy footer looked completely at ease and together with fellow countrymen Mick Lowe and Parkinson, was one of only three from the top 10 to survive the day. The comfort zone is the area in one's mind where he or she can feel at ease performing familiar jobs proficiently. Unlike Wilson, he was not at ease on television, and came across as less spontaneous than his opponent. The two English players scarcely spoke and, as Faldo was the senior partner, it was suggested that he should have done more to put him at ease. One post was typically filled by four men, one sentinel and the others at ease until a situation arose or it was their turn to be sentinel. If the policeman was not present, or was standing at ease, this indicated that there was an obstruction on the line ahead. And indeed, the man who figured most prominently in hyping the issue seemed particularly ill at ease discussing it. Surinamers are an open and welcoming people who go out of their way to make foreigners feel at ease. His latest collection, Wowsers, is a tour-de-force of erudite allusion, equally at ease with traditional forms and free verse. As long as the egoic mind is running your life, you cannot truly be at ease. When I was given methotrexate, the medical staff explained everything to me, which helped to put my mind at ease. If the column be composed of a considerable number of battalions, the commander can march it at ease, as a column of route. When marching at ease, you must march in orderly ranks in silence, but you need not keep step or march at attention. Show More Sentences Imlach's task on ITV is as a linkman, a task with which he is equally at ease. Doing bold scenes in The Guru helped me feel at ease with the raunchier Strictly. Perfectly charming and at ease on stage, he's equally rambling and yakky in an interview. Yet even though unvexed by this gruesome knowledge, after two or three days I noticed that Cookie was ill at ease. The 21-year-old brought her signature hairstyle, her high ponytail, to this glamorous show too and looked completely at ease as she was surrounded by skimpily dressed models. But Josh Gad, plopped in an armchair next to Crystal and kibitzing with him about the excruciatingly pepper-obsessed restaurant they visited recently, looks very much at ease. While Bob was ill at ease on the religious-right circuit, Elizabeth became a more familiar figure in America's pulpits than fellow North Carolinian Billy Graham. The new safety data really put my mind at ease over buying this car. In a Florida town, the sight of a boulevard lined with live oaks can quickly set a stranger's mind at ease, conveying a subliminal, yet powerful, impression of the community. Apparently put at ease, the Emperor went to his desk to sign some decrees. The driver was a stalwart woman who sat at ease in the front seat and drove her car bareheaded. She left a cloud of dust and a trail of gasoline behind her. Examples from Classical Literature The absconder is often too inarticulate and ill at ease to give a clear picture of what was in his mind when he went away. Ware lent an attentive ear to the quiet sounds of the woodland, but continued to stand at ease and unalarmed. But I wished thee to have thy mind set at ease as to thy future well-doing. Under the spell of the music he relaxed, pushed out the footrest of the chair, and lay back at ease, smoking dreamily. My goats eat cytisus, and goatswort, and tread the lentisk shoots, and lie at ease among the arbutus. From that moment I felt ill at ease with her, in spite of her graciousness and her kindness. Did not his worship think that it was the senorita's heart which was not at ease? The gentlemen were smoking, and some of the ladies were trying to look at ease with cigarettes. The septuagenarian sighed for the time when he could live at ease in his own fashion. While shorty was rapidly gaining health and strength, his mind was ill at ease. He wanted quiet and was ever ill at ease among the superficialities of a hypocritical civilisation. Oh, to be well informed, discoursing at ease on every subject that a lady started! Once the ordeal is over, we shall be at ease as to the consequences of our imprudence. The door is open to all the world, yet we sit at ease in our ceiled houses. Notwithstanding his plentitude of power, tending to inspire him with sufficient assurance, the suitor felt ill at ease. He was ill at ease and full of self-reproach, for it seemed to him he had neglected his oath. Henceforth, with his devoted sister and daughter, he philosophises at ease and becomes a Dreyfusard. Were not her poor friends the more sorely tried that she was dwelling at ease? If I have not, when my mind is more at ease, I will endeavour to please you better. They seemed at once to understand our circumstances, and gave us such assurance of their friendliness as put us fully at ease in their presence. Show More Sentences Wade, ill at ease in her own parlor, caught the afterthought quality of Rose's tone. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. Nevertheless, since no threat was made, the bostonians felt more at ease. Her heart was not so much at ease, nor her satisfaction in their amusements so pure. She reclined against her protecting bulwark, brightly and cosily at ease. We are at ease only in the discontinuous, in the immobile, in the dead. He was sad and dispirited, and ill at ease with his own heart. The dinner, both the Lenten and the other fare, was splendid, yet he could not feel quite at ease till the end of the meal. He endeavoured to put him at ease by changing the conversation. She took off her jacket and sat more at ease in her blouse, of some soft, flimsy silk. With a mind at ease, I now set myself to sentimentalize with Mdlle. I snuffed it off, and, very ill at ease under the influence of cold and lingering nausea, sat up and spread open the injured tome on my knee. You ask me why, tho' ill at ease Within this region I subsist? And soon, too, she became at ease with money, and sure of her subtraction. To say that Mugambi was entirely happy or at ease in his new environment would not be to adhere strictly to the truth. They have been ill at ease since they were forced to accept so many human beings into their confidence. Dorothy looked at the King when she heard this song and noticed that he seemed disturbed and ill at ease. The one role in life in which I fancied you ill at ease you seem to fill to perfection. Equally ill at ease, they both took refuge in the commonplace phrases suggested by the occasion. Twemlow has the air of being ill at ease, as he takes his hand from his forehead and replies. Show More Sentences She seemed ill at ease on the piano stool, and he begged her to take the chair by the window. Val stood there, ill at ease, while the swamper eyed him composedly. He was wholly at ease, and his table manners were beyond criticism. He was surprised, ill at ease, almost embarrassed at meeting her thus so unexpectedly. The next morning Meer Jaffier rode into our camp at Daudpore, ill at ease. But let us choose some villager who cannot read, and then you will be at ease. None of these visitors was at ease, but, being honest people, they didn't pretend to be. Unlike Reedy who was deferent to the president, Moyers was at ease and familiar with him. Poor Jack felt extremely ill at ease, and not at all grateful to Vickers. Harris' manner was disarming, and the physicist felt more at ease. I see 'a feller git hit plum in th' head when my reg'ment was a-standin' at ease onct. Then would Kim return soft-footed through the soft dust to his master under the shadow of a mango-tree or the thinner shade of a white Doon siris, to eat and drink at ease. Once again we find Nietzsche thoroughly at ease, if not cheerful, as an atheist, and speaking with vertiginous daring of making chance go on its knees to him. She appeared quite at ease, and, after thanking Adam, said that if any of his uncle's party were going to Liverpool she would be most happy to join forces. Now that the queen was at ease in her mind once more, and measurably happy, her wine naturally began to assert itself again, and it got a little the start of her. A long-beaked, bright steel ninety-footer floated at ease for one instant within hail of us, her slings coiled ready for rescues, and a single hand in her open tower. Heyward withdrew to the rampart, too uneasy and too little accustomed to the warfare of the woods to remain at ease under the possibility of such insidious attacks. And those who laughed the loudest were not the most at ease. Find more words! 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