How to use "unrest" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "unrest" in popular movie and book plots

  • This has caused severe food shortages and domestic unrest inside the Soviet Union.  - World War III (miniseries)
  • In 1979, the United States collapsed, resulting in massive civil unrest and economic collapse.  - Death Race 2000
  • However, as political unrest grows throughout the movie, the boys' friendship begins to be tested.  - Machuca
  • Orlando performs his duties well, until a night of civil unrest and murderous riots.  - Orlando: A Biography
  • As a result unrest grows, corruption and extortions become more prevalent, and a "Liberation Army" forms in the underground.  - A Bend in the River
  • In between attacks, the shrinking platoon tries to rest, chattering about social upheaval and unrest back home.  - Hamburger Hill
  • News of unrest in the eastern provinces (controlled by the Minamoto) reaches the new capital.  - The Tale of the Heike
  • Once there, the group initially meets hostility and learns that the filmmakers caused great unrest among the people.  - Cannibal Holocaust
  • During the 1977 El Salvadoran presidential election, a fraudulent election, public unrest was at an all-time high.  - Romero (film)
  • But it is too late, the country has fallen into a state of civil unrest and a low key war is waging across the country.  - Little, Big
  • The Mad Gear responded by abducting his daughter, Jessica, and creating further unrest among the citizens of the city.  - Final Fight (video game)
  • Even in China, a victorious country, there is unrest which turns into a civil war.  - The Years of Rice and Salt
  • Johann is able to calm an angry mob with a speech, defusing tensions during the unrest in 1848.  - Buddenbrooks
  • As unrest in the multinational control over Mars's affairs grows, various groups start to form with different aims and methods.  - Mars trilogy
  • Amidst the unrest both in and around the college, Sara vanishes, only to be found days later, having committed suicide.  - Picnic at Hanging Rock (novel)
  • When soldiers brought to quell the mounting unrest rape and kill a local young woman, then kill another who finds her body, rioting erupts.  - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

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